Posted on 03/01/2017 3:16:26 AM PST by HomerBohn
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) knocked President Trump's first speech to Congress, arguing there's a gap between the president's rhetoric and his administration's actions.
"The speech and reality have never been more detached in a presidential speech. It really doesn't matter what he said. This is like the campaign, and he says one thing but as he governs it's another," the Senate's top Democrat told MSNBC on Tuesday night.
He noted that while Trump talked about infrastructure Democrats haven't "heard a peep" from the White House about a proposal they rolled out earlier this year.
Schumer also pointed to Trump's rhetoric on a myriad of issues—including currency manipulation, education, his budget and his pledge to "drain the swamp"—as out of line with the early actions of the administration.
"His government is filled with, if you will, swamp creatures," he added. "This speech, like his inauguration speech...It's sort of forgotten because everything he's done has been different."
Schumer argued that the "people are not looking for a speech" but want to know what the administration will accomplish.
GOP lawmakers have been quick to praise Trump's first speech with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) telling CNN that Trump became "presidential."
But Democrats are largely voicing skepticism about the president's push for bipartisanship, arguing it doesn't match Trump's policies.
“President Trump’s speech had an air of unreality because what he said tonight was so different than how he has governed in the first 40 days," Schumer said in a separate statement.
Trumps speech last night showed me the stark contrast between Trump and the democrats. He wholeheartedly supports the U.S. and the American people while the democrats support terrorist from terror nations, foreigners, and illegal alien thugs.
Schumer, pelosi and a whole passel of dems showed how they are truely a holes last night
Sorry Senator but it’s you and the party you represent that’s detached from reality. President Trump delivered a fantastic speech last night, proving to everyone who tuned in that we elected the right man to the highest office in the land. His performance and the agenda he laid out pulled the rug right out from under his mindless opponents, like yourself, who rant and rave against the man every day. People who have been on a three month temper tantrum because the ‘wrong’ candidate won look even more foolish today than they did yesterday. I didn’t think that was possible.
Schumer: Trump’s speech ‘detached’ from reality
Winner!
Yes...I agree. President Trump’s speech was detached from loser shumer’s reality. shumer is disgustingly pathetic (as usual).
Americans still have their guns.
That fact alone makes Sen. Chuckie Cheese an abject failure.
Who cares what he thinks?
Get the idiot Demwits and GOPe out of the way and everything he said, can be done.
Vacuous and lame response by a flailing Schumer.
Chuckies pea brain is what’s detached from reality.
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