Chuck Schumer backs ‘long overdue’ decision to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Published May 14, 2018 3:19pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem was “long overdue” and praised President Trump for finally following federal law.

“In a long overdue move, we have moved our embassy to Jerusalem,” Schumer said in a statement. “Every nation should have the right to choose its capital. I sponsored legislation to do this two decades ago, and I applaud President Trump for doing it.”

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