"[the attack on the Capitol] was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office one day longer"
Charles Ellis Schumer is an American politician serving since 1999 as a United States senator from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025. He has served two stints as Senate minority leader, from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025. He became New York's senior senator in 2001, upon Daniel Patrick
"President Trump turned away from not one but two bipartisan compromises. Each would have averted this shutdown....It is something the majority could have avoided entirely, a concern the president could have obivated, if he were only willing to take yes for an answer."
Chuck Schumer"My job is to keep the left pro-Israel."
Chuck Schumer"Each of those proposals contains 1.3 billion dollars of real border security, not a wall. Theres no wall in those proposals. Democrats support real border security, not a wall. And by the way, that is in addition- in addition- to the 1.3 billion dollars in border security Congress allocated last year, the majority of which the Trump administration has not yet spent. Theyre asking for loads of more money? They havent even spent last years money. Its clearly a political gambit by President Trump to appease his never-happy base."
Chuck Schumer"But there is only one way we will have a Trump shutdown: if President Trump clings to his position for an unnecessary, ineffective, taxpayer-funded border wall that he promised Mexico would pay for."
Chuck Schumer"What is needed now is a long-term solution so we don’t go through this drama every few months."
Chuck Schumer"People who enter the United States without our permission are illegal aliens, and illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who entered the U.S. legally."
Chuck Schumer