Chuck Schumer: “What Trump has done on Gateway is vindictive, reckless…”

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“It's been two days since Politico published a horrifying story revealing thousands, thousands of private messages containing racist, sexist…”

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“President Trump and his administration terminated funding for Gateway.”

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“Republicans refuse to work with or even negotiate with Democrats in a serious way to fix the health care crisis in America.”

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“Republicans are demanding something that hasn't happened in previous negotiations.”

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“This is a highly partisan bill and they want us to pass this partisan CR that has zero bipartisan inputs.”

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“The Republican leaders favorite number has been 13. He keeps citing 13 CRs that we passed when I was Majority leader.”

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“Those 13 CRs were the product of bipartisan negotiation, of serious conversation.”

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“The ACA crisis is looming over everyone's head and yet Republicans seem ready to let people's premiums spike by tens of thousands.”

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“Open enrollment is in two weeks.”

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“The vast majority of Americans who have health care, who have ACA health care and other health care, are going to have to make their…”

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“Democrats want to reopen the government as soon as possible so people can get back to work, so government services are not interrupted.”

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“Trump has even said he wants to become [a king] and is acting in ways that are a threat to our democracy.”

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“The vast majority of Americans want to preserve this democracy.”

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“Republicans are going apoplectic because Americans are exercising their right to free speech.”

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“Donald Trump is threatening our democracy.”

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“For weeks, Republicans have tried to vilify these rallies.”

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“When Donald Trump uses weaponizes the Justice Department to become his attack dog and go after his political enemies.”

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“When he attacks the courts, when he intimidates the free press and tries to tell networks they're going to lose their licenses if they say…”

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“When people are arrested and put in jail, American citizens with no real cause and not even identification of who is making the arrest.”

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“Donald Trump and many Republicans Congress are using intimidation, lies, bully tactics to prevent people from standing up, speaking out…”

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“President Trump and the Republican leadership has remained silent.”

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“Gateway is the most important infrastructure project in America, period.”

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“It'll keep our economy moving, our region, connecting tens of thousands of union workers on the job.”

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“Donald Trump is trying to kill it again in pure spite and with sheer stupidity.”

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“It's going to screw over hundreds of thousands of New York and New Jersey commuters, choke off our economy, kill good paying jobs.”

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“More people use it to commute from New Jersey than from New York.”

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“We will fight the President on this in every way to preserve this crucial, vital infrastructure project.”

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“Crucial and vital to New York, New Jersey, the Northeast economy and the whole American economy.”

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Chuck Schumer: “What Trump has done on Gateway is vindictive, reckless and…”