President Trump attacked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday, accusing him of crying “fake tears” at a news conference Sunday where he called Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations “mean-spirited.”
After saying that Senate Democrats are intentionally stalling his Cabinet selections, Trump attacked the New York Democrat, who appeared to well up during his scheduled news conference on Sunday while talking about the order.
“I noticed Chuck Schumer yesterday with fake tears. I’m going to ask him who is his acting coach ’cause I know him very well,” Trump said while appearing at a meeting with small business owners.
“I don’t see him as a crier. If he is, he’s a different man. There’s about a 5 percent chance it was real, but I think they were fake tears,” Trump said.
Trump, in a later tweet, wondered where Democrats’ emotion was when “jobs were fleeing our country.”
White House press secretary Sean Spicer doubled down on Trump’s comments during Monday’s White House briefing, wondering where Schumer’s tears have been “for all the other problems” in the U.S.
“I think the president’s tweet speaks very clearly for itself,” Spicer said, referring to a Monday morning tweet by the president. “Where’s Sen. Schumer’s tears been for all the other problems that are going on in this country? For the homeless? For the people throughout New York that are starving for jobs? It’s interesting that in eight years, with all the stuff that’s going on in this country in terms of crime and the economy, I haven’t seen too many tears come from Sen. Schumer.”
Where was all the outrage from Democrats and the opposition party (the media) when our jobs were fleeing our country?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 30, 2017
In the press conference Sunday, Schumer called for the executive order to be reversed “immediately” as he was flanked by families affected by the ban.
“This executive order was mean-spirited and un-American,” the Democratic leader said. “It was implemented in a way that created chaos and confusion across the country.”
