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Reacting to criticism of his leadership of the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump delivered a sharp letter to Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., advising him to go and do his job. "I’ve known you for many years, but I never knew how bad a senator you are for the state of New York, until I became president," Trump wrote. He thanked Schumer for his "Democrat public relations letter and incorrect sound bites, which are wrong in every way." Trump was responding to Schumer's charge of an "existing federal leadership void" that "has left America with an ugly spectacle in which states and...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was “appalled” by President Trump’s scathing letter, which accused him of being a “bad” senator and open to challenge from the progressive wing of his party. The letter was sent after the New York Democrat wrote the White House earlier Thursday over the federal government’s response to the coronavirus crisis. “I’m just appalled,” Schumer said on MSNBC. “I say to the president, ‘Just stop the pettiness. People are dying. And so, President Trump, we need leadership, we need to get the job done. Stop the pettiness. Let’s get it done. Let’s roll up...