'Blame, Blame, Blame': Chuck Schumer Drops The Hammer On GOP For Killing Bipartisan Border Deal

7 months ago

During remarks on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about the bipartisan border deal that was killed by Republicans after Donald Trump voiced his opposition to it.

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00:00 Now, on the border, it's been 97 days since Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans blocked

00:05 the strongest, most comprehensive border security bill America has seen in a generation.

00:11 And they still have zero plan to actually fix the problem.

00:15 President Biden, meanwhile, is taking action to secure our border.

00:19 Last week, the President began announcing a series of administrative actions to go after

00:24 bad actors in Central America and to use whatever powers he can from the executive branch.

00:31 Here in the Senate, we have not walked away from the table.

00:35 We know we need to fix the border.

00:38 The American people demand we fix the border, and we call on our Republican colleagues,

00:42 once and for all, to join us in taking real bipartisan action.

00:48 Democrats agree that the status quo on the border cannot continue.

00:52 We want to pass border security in Congress by working in a bipartisan way.

00:56 And so three months ago, we brought to the floor a comprehensive security bill, border

01:01 security bill, months in the making.

01:03 A bill that didn't just talk the talk about border security, but walked the walk.

01:09 It updated asylum, had more money for border agents and judges, and was supported by conservatives

01:14 like the Wall Street Journal editorial page board.

01:18 Our border bill was not a messaging bill.

01:20 It was the result of bipartisan negotiation.

01:24 Senators Murphy and Sinema and Lankford, with input from a wide range of stakeholders on

01:29 both sides.

01:30 If both chambers would have had a chance to vote on our border security bill, it would

01:36 have passed and become law.

01:38 Well, three months later, we're not walking away from trying to resolve the problems at

01:42 the border.

01:44 We hope Republicans will change course and join us.

01:48 Instead of just making a lot of speeches, pointing a lot of fingers, blame, blame, blame,

01:52 let's get something done.

01:56 It's right within our grasp.

01:58 A bipartisan bill that when was shown to many Republicans, they said, wow.

02:02 It wasn't until Donald Trump said, I want the border to remain in chaos so I could win

02:07 reelection or win election that Republicans backed off.

02:12 Well, shame.

02:13 That's not what the American people want.

02:16 And we're going to make sure they know it.

'Blame, Blame, Blame': Chuck Schumer Drops The Hammer On GOP For Killing Bipartisan Border Deal

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