Schumer: GOP will ditch Trump by the summer

Published February 21, 2017 6:10pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., predicted Tuesday that many Republican lawmakers will break from President Trump by June if he continues to push forward with his agenda.

Schumer told “The View” that while most Republicans have declined to publicly break with Trump during the first month of his presidency, many privately admit they have “real problems” with him. He also argued that some are sticking by him because of party loyalty and his nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the late Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court.

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