There were lots of others out there beating the drum waaaayyy before Schumer and Clinton. Savage, Levin, Katz, Steve Roberts, Laura Ingraham among others. The reason it took hold because it resonates with those of both parties. You will notice that the Cheney thing never took hold in spite of millions of dollars of push by the MSM because it did not resonate.
Another thing, if the UAE is so fickle that we continually have to worry about hurting their feelings inorder to have their support on the WOT as some on here would have us believe, I can't see that they would make good managers or whatever it is that they are going to do with our ports. Sound like they would be poor business partners.