«Breaking News» Pelosi and Schumer get personal and blast Trump for his 'obsession' with the wall

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer used their allotted time following President Trump's prime-time speech to rip his 'obsession' with the border wall and castigate him for throwing a tirade.

Schumer and Pelosi, who both served in office during the Republican shutdowns during the Clinton administration where House Republicans ended up getting most of the blame, blamed the president for a 'senseless shutdown' and called the wall 'cruel' and unnecessary. 

'Sadly, much of what we have heard from President Trump throughout this senseless shutdown has been full of misinformation and even malice,' said Pelosi, hitting at the president from the get-go.

'The President has chosen fear. We want to start with the facts,' she said. 

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Trump of throwing a 'temper tantrum' over the wall in their Democratic response. Here they pose for photographers after concluding their joint response, to President Trump's prime time address, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2019

'The president is rejecting ... bipartisan bills which would re-open government – over his obsession with forcing American taxpayers to waste billions of dollars on an expensive and ineffective wall – a wall he always promised Mexico would pay for,' Pelosi said, keeping a stern expression on her face and speaking directly to a single camera in the Capitol with Schumer alongside her.

The line echoed what she privately told House Democrats: that for Trump the wall is connected to his 'manhood.' 

'The fact is: President Trump has chosen to hold hostage critical services for the health, safety and well-being of the American people and withhold the paychecks of 800,000 innocent workers across the nation – many of them veterans,' she said, stressing the shutdown, which Trump didn't bring up until 7 minutes into his own brief speech. 

Pelosi responded to Trump's emotional appeal: the president mentioned rapes and human trafficking at the border, as well as individuals murdered by illegal immigrants. 

'The fact is: the women and children at the border are not a security threat, they are a humanitarian challenge – a challenge that President Trump’s own cruel and counterproductive policies have only deepened,' said Pelosi. 

Schumer was equally slicing in his remarks. 

YOU WANT ME ON THAT WALL: President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington

RESOLUTE: Trump made the case there was a humanitarian and crime 'crisis' at the border

A section of the US-Mexico border fence is seen from Tijuana, in Baja California state, Mexico, on January 8, 2019. The two parties clashed over the wall on the 18th day of a government shutdown

'My fellow Americans, we address you tonight for one reason only: the President of the United States – having failed to get Mexico to pay for his ineffective, unnecessary border wall, and unable to convince the Congress or the American people to foot the bill – has shut down the government,' the New York Democrat intoned.

'American democracy doesn’t work that way. We don’t govern by temper tantrum. No president should pound the table and demand he gets his way or else the government shuts down, hurting millions of Americans who are treated as leverage,' Schumer said. 

'Make no mistake: Democrats and the President both want stronger border security. However, we sharply disagree with the President about the most effective way to do it,' Schumer continued.

Then he asked: 'So, how do we untangle this mess?'

'There is an obvious solution: separate the shutdown from the arguments over border security.' He urged moving forward with the current Democratic plan of passing spending bills that originated in the GOP-run Senate.

But Senate leader Mitch McConnell has already rejected it.

The Democratic leaders spoke after demanding TV networks who yielded to Trump's request for time give them the opportunity to respond.

While the president was seated at the resolute desk, Pelosi and Schumer stood befre a bank of flags. 

 Trump laced his remarks with emotional appeals, mentioning rapes and illegal drug smuggling and human trafficking.

'How much more American blood must we shed before Congress does its job?' Trump asked in his own 9-minute speech from the Oval Office.

Citing a string of murders committed by illegal immigrants who have been previously deported form the United States, he demanded of lawmakers: 'For those who refuse to compromise in the name of border security, I would ask: Imagine if it was your child, your husband or your wife whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken.'

'To every member of Congress: Pass a bill that ends this crisis,' Trump demanded.

Trump included an attack on Schumer in his remarks – but it was far from the searing tone he often adopts on Twitter, where he has mocked him for crying in the past.

Schumer 'has repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past, along with many other Democrats,' the president said. 'They changed their mind only after I was elected president. Democrats in Congress have refused to recognize the crisis,' he said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's response to Trump's 'cruel' wall:

Speaker Pelosi:  Good evening. I appreciate the opportunity to speak directly to the American people tonight about how we can end this shutdown and meet the needs of the American people.

Sadly, much of what we have heard from President Trump throughout this senseless shutdown has been full of misinformation and even malice.

The President has chosen fear. We want to start with the facts.

The fact is: On the very first day of this Congress, House Democrats passed Senate Republican legislation to re-open government and fund smart, effective border security solutions.

But the President is rejecting these bipartisan bills which would re-open government – over his obsession with forcing American taxpayers to waste billions of dollars on an expensive and ineffective wall – a wall he always promised Mexico would pay for!

The fact is: President Trump has chosen to hold hostage critical services for the health, safety and well-being of the American people and withhold the paychecks of 800,000 innocent workers across the nation – many of them veterans.

He promised to keep government shutdown for ‘months or years’ – no matter whom it hurts. That’s just plain wrong.

The fact is: We all agree that we need to secure our borders, while honoring our values: we can build the infrastructure and roads at our ports of entry; we can install new technology to scan cars and trucks for drugs coming into our nation; we can hire the personnel we need to facilitate trade and immigration at the border; and we can fund more innovation to detect unauthorized crossings.

The fact is: the women and children at the border are not a security threat, they are a humanitarian challenge – a challenge that President Trump’s own cruel and counterproductive policies have only deepened.

And the fact is: President Trump must stop holding the American people hostage, must stop manufacturing a crisis, and must re-open the government.

Thank you.

Senator Schumer:

Thank you, Speaker Pelosi.

My fellow Americans, we address you tonight for one reason only: the President of the United States – having failed to get Mexico to pay for his ineffective, unnecessary border wall, and unable to convince the Congress or the American people to foot the bill – has shut down the government.

American democracy doesn’t work that way. We don’t govern by temper tantrum. No president should pound the table and demand he gets his way or else the government shuts down, hurting millions of Americans who are treated as leverage.

Tonight – and throughout this debate and his presidency – President Trump has appealed to fear, not facts. Division, not unity.

Make no mistake: Democrats and the President both want stronger border security. However, we sharply disagree with the President about the most effective way to do it.

So, how do we untangle this mess?

There is an obvious solution: separate the shutdown from the arguments over border security. There is bipartisan legislation – supported by Democrats and Republicans – to re-open government while allowing debate over border security to continue.

There is no excuse for hurting millions of Americans over a policy difference. Federal workers are about to miss a paycheck. Some families can’t get a mortgage to buy a new home. Farmers and small businesses won’t get loans they desperately need.

Most presidents have used Oval Office addresses for noble purposes. This president just used the backdrop of the Oval Office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear, and divert attention from the turmoil in his Administration.

My fellow Americans, there is no challenge so great that our nation cannot rise to meet it. We can re-open the government AND continue to work through disagreements about policy. We can secure our border without an expensive, ineffective wall. And we can welcome legal immigrants and refugees without compromising safety and security.

The symbol of America should be the Statue of Liberty, not a thirty-foot wall.

So our suggestion is a simple one: Mr. President: re-open the government and we can work to resolve our differences over border security. But end this shutdown now.

Thank you.

(*as prepared for delivery) 

 

 

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