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Trump Mocks ‘Cryin’ Chuck Schumer’ For His Comey Flip-Flop

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After the Tuesday evening firing of FBI Director James Comey, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer suggested President Donald Trump let Comey go to cover up alleged Russian collusion, a claim without any evidence , though the New York Democrat previously stated he had lost confidence in Comey.

Naturally, Trump took to Twitter to smack Schumer’s apparent flip-flop, calling him “Cryin'” Chuck Schumer.

“Cryin’ Chuck Schumer stated recently, ‘I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer,'” wrote the president. “Then acts so indignant.”

Schumer told reporters on Tuesday night that there must be an independent investigation, otherwise, “every American will rightly suspect that the decision to fire Director Comey was part of a cover-up.” As noted by POLITICO, the Democrat urged Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to appoint a special prosecutor to the federal investigation into alleged Russian ties with Trump campaign officials.

“The American people’s trust in our criminal justice system is in Rosenstein’s hands,” stated Schumer. “Mr. Rosenstein, America depends on you to restore faith in our criminal justice system, which is going to be badly shattered at the administration’s actions today.”

In November, Schumer said he had lost confidence in Comey: “I do not have confidence in him any longer,” said Schumer, adding that the bombshell October letter regarding Hillary Clinton’s private email server was “appalling.”

In a statement, the White House issued three examples of Schumer’s past condemnation of Comey. The Washington Examiner reports:

— Sen. Schumer (D-NY) Said He Was “Appalled At What Director Comey Did” By Releasing A Letter. “U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer ripped into FBI Director James Comey on Sunday for announcing he reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails less than two weeks from Election Day. Asked about the situation right off the bat during his one and only debate with long shot Republican challenger Wendy Long, Schumer said he was ‘appalled at what Director Comey did.'” (Kenneth Lovett, “Chuck Schumer Blasts FBI Boss James Comey During Debate With GOP opponent Wendy Long,” New York Daily News, 10/30/16)

— Sen. Schumer (D-NY) Said He Does “Not Have Confidence In” Comey “Any Longer” For His Decision To Send A Letter Reopening The Investigation Into Clinton’s Private Server. “Senate Democratic leader-in-waiting Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he’s lost confidence in FBI Director James Comey over his handling of the most recent disclosure in the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation — a tough rebuke to a man Schumer has long admired. ‘I do not have confidence in him any longer,’ said the New York Democrat, who has criticized as ‘appalling’ Comey’s decision to send a letter to lawmakers 11 days before the election disclosing the bureau’s new review of e-mails potentially pertinent to the investigation of Clinton’s private server.” (Steven T. Dennis “Schumer Says He Lost Confidence In FBI’s Comey Over E-Mail Probe,” Bloomberg, 11/2/16)

— In A March 27th 2017 New Yorker Profile, Sen. Schumer (D-NY) Stated That “You Could Say If Comey Wasn’t There We Would Have Won.” ‘When you lose to a candidate who is so unpopular—yes, you could say if Comey wasn’t there we would have won,’ he went on, referring to James Comey, the F.B.I. director. ‘But we should have won anyway, with Comey and with the hacking.'” (Elizabeth Kolbert, “Can Chuck Schumer Check Donald Trump?,” The New Yorker, 3/27/17)

Trump has previously mocked Schumer for literally crying.

After the senator laid on the tears over Trump’s travel ban, the president said, “I’m going to ask him who was his acting coach, because I know him very well. I don’t see him as a crier. … There’s about a 5% chance that it was real, but I think they were fake tears.”

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