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Chuck Schumer: “Leader Jeffries and I called on the Trump administration to…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Sen. Schumer Calls Trump Administration's Venezuela Operation "Reckless"

Published | Video Starts at 01:20

Just totally, totally, totally troubled, worried about how dangerous this is. Let me lay out just a few of the actions that have already been taken to hold the Trump administration accountable. First, Leader Jeffries and I called on the Trump administration to brief the Gang of Eight immediately following, followed shortly by a briefing for the entire Congress in the beginning of next week. We want to know the administration's objectives, its plans to prevent a humanitarian and geopolitical disaster that plunges us into another endless war or one that trades one corrupt dictator for another. (01:20–01:31)

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Asserts that he and Leader Jeffries called for briefings from the Trump administration for the Gang of Eight and Congress.

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