Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Calling Out President Trump For Deflecting And Attempting To Switch The Narrative In Light Of His Major Shortfalls

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to call out President Trump’s modus operandi – baselessly accusing others of the very things he, himself, is guilty of, as a way to deflect from his own lies, shortcomings, and incompetence. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

By now, it is obvious what Donald Trump uses as his M.O.: whenever he points the finger, whenever he launches insults at others, what he is really doing is deflecting from something he knows he is guilty of himself.

I just said Donald Trump called us liars for asking about his role in cutting FEMA funding. Turns out, he is the liar here.

And yesterday, Donald Trump accused former President Obama for treason without any evidence, saying he tried to steal the 2016 election and tried to use the issue of Russia to smear him.

This is delusional. Trump sounds unwell when he accuses Obama of treason.

But not only that: who was the one who, we know, tried to blackmail a foreign head of state to gain dirt against a political opponent?

Who was the one? Donald Trump.

Who incited the violent insurrection against the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the certification of the 2020 election? Donald Trump.

So, when Donald Trump says President Obama tried to steal an election, we know Trump is lying. We know Trump is the one guilty of the crime. And he is trying to deflect from his own lawlessness by inciting a violent insurrection in the Capitol.

To accuse others of what he is guilty of doing is how Donald Trump operates. He has for decades, but the American people are seeing through it now that he is in the high position of president.

What he did with President Obama is not an isolated example.

As I mentioned, Donald Trump recently called some us liars for demanding transparency after the tragedy in Texas.

But who spent months calling for the elimination of FEMA?

Who has run thousands of FEMA staffers out the door?

Who cut FEMA call center staff in the name of DOGE cuts?

Donald Trump.

Donald Trump even recently called a Democratic member of this chamber a fraud and a crook, and has threatened him with prosecution without any merit.

But who was it that was found, in court, to have unlawfully inflated the value of his own properties? Who is the fraud? Who is the crook?

Who launched a fake university that was accused in multiple states of defrauding students with false claims about educational services?

Who has built a reputation as a liar, a swindler, someone who always talks a big game but never seems to follow through?

That, of course, is Donald Trump.

So, we know the game here: when Donald Trump points the finger, he is telling on himself for something he has been guilty of. That’s his M.O.

This meritless accusation against President Obama is just another pathetic example.

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