Sen. Chuck Schumer warned over his anti-Trump bill speech on Senate floor
Democrats are all about the drama and headlines as President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" spending bill made its way through Congress, and especially as it was debated on the Senate floor.
According to The Hill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took full advantage of the available drama opportunities and was ultimately warned over his behavior on the Senate floor.
The New York Democrat "received a warning from the chamber’s presiding chair after he ripped Republican colleagues for supporting" Trump's spending megabill, claiming it would "devastate" their respective states.
Schumer also claimed those same Republicans didn't have the "backbone to speak the truth" regarding how much he believes the megabill would hurt their constitutents.
What happened?
Ahead of the Senate's so-called "vote-a-rama," Schumer used every minute of his floor time to act hysterical and throw a hissy fit over Trump's bill, which ultimately passed the Senate anyway.
"Our colleagues on the Republican side lack the courage of their convictions to do the right thing for the American people. It’s outrageous," Schumer said during his speech on the Senate floor.
The Senate Democratic leader honed in on one of the two Republicans who didn't support Trump's bill, praising him for his opposition.
The Hill noted:
Schumer said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who warned the bill would be devastating to his state by cutting nearly $40 billion in federal Medicaid spending in North Carolina alone, is “one of the few truth-tellers on the other side.”
"Republicans are doing something that has never been done before in the Senate by deploying fake math and budgetary hocus-pocus to make it seem like their billionaire giveaways don’t cost anything," Schumer continued.
Additionally, the rule directs senators not to speak offensively toward any U.S. state.
Name change
In a petty, last-minute maneuver, Sen. Schumer was able to force a name change for Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
He explained to reporters why he made the move.
"This is not a ‘big, beautiful bill’ at all. That's why I moved down the floor to strike the title. It is now called ‘the act.’ That's what it's called. But it is really the ‘big ugly betrayal,’ and the American people know it," Schumer told reporters.
"This vote will haunt our Republican colleagues for years to come. Because of this bill, tens of millions will lose health insurance. Millions of jobs will disappear. People will get sick and die, kids will go hungry and the debt will explode to levels we have never seen."