Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) suggested over the weekend that the United States was in a constitutional crisis because President Donald Trump has spoken out strongly against a federal judge who has opposed the administration’s efforts to deport illegal aliens who are part of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan terrorist organization.
Schumer made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” with Kristen Welker.
“This week, the president called to impeach a judge who ruled against him on deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members,” Welker said. “Supreme Court Justice John Roberts released a rare statement, rebuking the idea of using impeachment to settle judicial disagreements.”
“Some constitutional scholars and fellow Democrats, Leader Schumer, say this is a constitutional crisis,” she continued. “Do you agree? Is the United States in a constitutional crisis?”
Schumer responded: “Yes, I do, Kristen. And democracy is at risk. Look, Donald Trump is a lawless, angry man.”
“He thinks he should be king,” he continued. “He thinks he should do whatever he wants, regardless of the law, and he thinks judges should just listen to him. Now we have to fight that back in every single way. And we actually have had over 100 cases in the courts where we’ve had a very good record of success. So Donald Trump, infuriated by that success, said judges should be impeached. Let me tell Donald Trump and the American people, Democrats in the Senate will not impeach judges. Full stop.”
Schumer said he does not believe Trump when the president says that he will not defy court orders.
“I don’t trust him. We have to watch him like a hawk,” he said. “Defying court orders is why our democracy is at risk and we’ll have to do everything to fight back in that regard.”
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Chuck Schumer says "democracy is at risk" because President Trump deported illegal immigrant members of the brutal Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador.
Why are Democrats so bent on defending illegal immigrant killers, rapists, and gang members? pic.twitter.com/MxG2Uvn9D4
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