Nancy Pelosi’s not the only Democratic leader trying to mitigate the damage of Maxine Waters’ call to harass Trump administration officials.
Schumer says he will speak on the Senate floor about the comments from Rep. Maxine Waters.
What will he say? He wouldn't offer a hint. "You better listen," he told me.
— Sean Sullivan (@WaPoSean) June 25, 2018
This afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer denounced Waters’ remarks, too:
Schumer: "No one should call for the harassment of political opponents. That's not right. That's not American."
— Jenna Lifhits (@jlifhits) June 25, 2018
SCHUMER on the Senate floor: "No one should call for the harassment of political opponents, that's not right, that's not American."
(cc: @RepMaxineWaters)
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 25, 2018
Sen. Chuck Schumer: "No one should call for the harassment of political opponents. That's not right, that's not American." https://t.co/uvBJD2emOw pic.twitter.com/0k3a650TdH
— ABC News (@ABC) June 25, 2018
Neither is calling your political opponents “hostage takers,” but we’ll take what we can get, we guess. Good on Schumer for calling Waters out.
Waters now repudiated by both Democratic House minority and Senate minority leaders. https://t.co/TXPpp10Xus
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) June 25, 2018
Good for Schumer.
Some of these elected Democrats might have realized that they could easily be targeted with similar behavior in the near future. https://t.co/BI4WkR7011
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 25, 2018
Or if not them, their electoral prospects.
Schumer: "I understand those who are outraged by the hypocrisy of this president when he complains about bullying harassment and nastiness when it's used against him or his allies and he uses it as a regular tool almost every day."
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 25, 2018
SCHUMER: "The best solution is to win elections.That is a far more productive way to channel the legitimate frustrations with this president's policies than harassing members of his administration."
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 25, 2018
Of course, even Schumer calling out Trump while condemning Waters’ rhetoric isn’t good enough for some members of the Resistance:
Freak Schumer, too pic.twitter.com/h68kD2dyWN
— Elnigma (@galaxiou) June 25, 2018
yeah can i get uhhhh new leadership
— 🙁 (@TerenceWeiller) June 25, 2018
Can I get "New Leadership" for a thousand, please Alex?
— Darwin E (@djohn820) June 25, 2018
Someone please run against this ass, @SenSchumer . He's a horrible leader.
— endithinks? (@Endithinks) June 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/PatrioticPoooch/status/1011345683490668544
Come on Chuck!! Please find a better message.
— Sara Dillon (@sara_dillon) June 25, 2018
A better message than discouraging harassment of political opponents?
White privilege in action. Wrong call, Schumer.
— Christina Moore (@Cmoore704) June 25, 2018
Please, enough of the playing nice. The other side sure as hell doesn’t. This is why D’s lose. Maxine didn’t mention physical or violent acts. She just wants them called out for the lies and bad policy decisions. Open your eyes Schumer.
— Denise A. Lorenz (@kcvgrh) June 25, 2018
Harrass the hell out of the GOP. Cowards
— Sebrina Alfonso (@SebrinaAlfonso) June 25, 2018
@chuckschumer had better shut his mouth and get with the program. He obviously doesn’t get the level of outrage here in the real world. Maxine hears us. When they go low, WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. PERIOD. pic.twitter.com/ojZqNaSCFW
— Debs (@FinnsHuman) June 25, 2018
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