Schumer sides with Romney: Russia ‘probably our most formidable enemy’

Published February 6, 2017 6:52pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday called Russia a top “enemy” of the U.S., using language similar to and even stronger than a description used by Mitt Romney in 2012, which drew mockery from Democrats.

“I ask my Republican colleagues to put country over party when it comes to Russia,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Monday.

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