After New York attack, Chuck Schumer asks: 'President Trump, where is your leadership?'

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published 1 November 2017

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was put on the defensive Wednesday morning after being blamed by President Trump for supporting a diversity visa program that may have allowed New York City's Uzbek-born attacker into the country. "The terrorist came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty," Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, adding: "'Senator Chuck Schumer helping to import Europe's problems,' said Col. Tony Shaffer. We will stop this craziness!"

Schumer wasn't having it:

But Schumer didn't stop there. In more than a dozen tweets that followed, Schumer praised the resilience of his hometown and drew a parallel to former President George W. Bush's actions and words after 9/11. "President Trump, where is your leadership?" Schumer demanded to know.

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Schumer expanded on his tweets on the Senate floor. Watch below. Jeva Lange

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.