Sunny Hostin had candid words for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) throughout his look on “The View” Tuesday early morning.
The New York legislator has come under fire just recently after he and nine other Senate Democrats appeared delighted to give up any leverage against Republican efforts to destroy government companies and turned off federal government investing without legislative authorization.
The objection over Schumer’s activities led him to postpone a book tour on Monday over “security concerns,” however he went on “The View” on Tuesday anyhow, potentially expecting an understanding panel.
However, Hostin really did not obtain that memorandum. Although she called Schumer a “friend,” she candidly informed him that she had not been thrilled by his current activities– or do not have thereof.
“I think you and nine other Democrats caved. I don’t think you showed the fight this party needs right now because you’re playing by a rule book where the other party has thrown that rule book away,” Hostin stated.
“So, in my view, what you did in supporting that GOP partisan bill that Democrats had no input in, you cleared the way for Donald Trump and Elon Musk to gut Social Security, to gut Medicare, to gut Medicaid. Why did you lead Democratic senators to play by that book that the Republicans are not playing by?”
Schumer concurred with Hostin that his GOP equivalents aren’t playing by the “rules,” however urged he is up for the fight.
“OK, first I’d say, Sunny, no one wants to fight more than me and no one fights more than me,” he stated.
Schumer additionally asserted the expense he authorized– which he states he “hated”– “does far less damage” to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid than would certainly have occurred or else.
He stated the “bad” expense that he chose has “many fewer cuts in that bill than there would be in a shutdown,” and stated he needed to select in between “bad” and “devastating.”
“One chops off one of your fingers, the other chops off your arm? So I want to fight, and we are fighting every day,” he stated. “Today, we’re fighting them on Medicaid. Tomorrow, we’re going to fight them on, you know, the next few days on tariffs. We’re going to fight them on Social Security, but I want to win and fight smart.”
You can see the exchange listed below.
“No one wants to fight more than me.”
Senate Minority Leader @SenSchumer replies to movie critics that claim he caved when electing the Republicans’ House- accepted federal government financing expense: “We’re going to stick it to them, and fight smart and win.” pic.twitter.com/svC5axVSgE
— The View (@TheView) March 18, 2025
