Trump Ridicules Schumer For Accidentally Demanding Funding For ICE
President Donald Trump took advantage of a verbal flub by Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer Sunday, teasing him about ending a partial government shutdown. Democrats have held up funding for the Department of…
President Donald Trump took advantage of a verbal flub by Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer Sunday, teasing him about ending a partial government shutdown.
Democrats have held up funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with the latest effort to fund the entire department failing to achieve the required 60-vote threshold Friday. During a Saturday speech on the Senate floor, Schumer called for an end to the shutdown.
“We must fund ICE, we must fund TSA,” Schumer said in the video clip of the speech which Trump posted to Truth Social on Sunday morning.
“Schumer got ‘discombobulated’ in the Senate yesterday, and said, ‘WE MUST FUND ICE,’ prior to correcting himself. Thank you Chuck, I agree!” Trump wrote in his post.
The shutdown’s effects have been most visible in the form of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees calling out of work or quitting, leading to long lines at airports. The DHS started