Schumer Slams GOP Over COVID-19: ‘They Can Barely Cobble Together a Partisan Bill’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) starkly criticized Senate Republicans for not coming to an agreement yet on key components within their coronavirus relief proposal.

On Wednesday, Schumer spoke from the Senate floor where he lambasted Republicans for being “disorganized, chaotic and unprepared” despite days of deliberation.

“It’s in the middle of the week, and the Republican Party is so disorganized, chaotic and unprepared that they can barely cobble together a partisan bill in their own conference,” Schumer said.

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s (R-Ky.) $105 billion-dollar school funding proposal received mixed opinions from his Republican colleagues on the condtions, as previously reported on IJR.

Schumer mocked McConnell criticizing a multitude of other issues while apparently dismissing the coronavirus.

“We’re in a national crisis. We don’t hear a word out of leader McConnell as we’re on the edge of so many cliffs,” Schumer said. “Instead, lots of talk about The New York Times and cancel culture. That may be fodder for the far right. That is not what America needs.”

According to the high-ranking Democrat, Republicans’ “incompetence and reckless delay” are the only reason for delays in the upcoming bill.