Sen. Chuck Schumer breaks up in speech defying Trump

[workinclasszero]

Just seen on MSNBC

[yardwork]

1. What do you mean?

[frazzled]

3. People need to be clearer in their posts

"break up" might mean laugh hysterically. It might mean the transmission was broken up. It might mean he was in tears. Who the hell knows?

It doesn't take much longer to explain.

[Amaryllis]

18. I agree 100%! IF you are arnet going to provide a link, at least give more detatils on what happened

[Blue_true]

21. Democrats being lose with words is why

Republicans win. Republicans lie, but they are very clear with words when they lie, Democrats tell the truth and bungle their message with poorly thought out speech.

[workinclasszero]

8. He had trouble speaking, he was emotional, seeing his country going down the shit tubes I assume

He was speaking about people being detained at airports.

[KentuckyWoman]

14. I dunno, when Hair Herr went to Congress last week

Schumer was seen on camera gushing over him. I thought it very strange.

Not polite and engaging. I'd understand that. Schumer was clearly star struck. It was odd. I thought maybe Schumer is not quite himself. Now this.

[Doreen]

2. Break up how?

[Dream Girl]

4. He became emotional

[yardwork]

6. Thanks. I wondered if the transmission had been interrupted.

[Doreen]

9. Dang.

[TrekLuver]

5. He started crying.

[EL34x4]

7. You gotta be shitting me.

Crying?

Holy fuckity fuck. Trump's going to have a field day with this.

We've really got to grow some. If crying is how we respond to Trump's executive orders, we're in no shit serious trouble.

[TrekLuver]

12. It wasn't all out balling....but tearing. I can respect that...it's how a lot of people felt...

but you better come out swinging Schumer.

[workinclasszero]

13. WTF is wrong with crying over the state of Trump's Amerika at this time?

We aren't heartless killing machines like the republicans planning the deaths of 40,000 plus Americans at this very time.

[Occulus]

10. What was the context of this?

What was he saying exactly?

[Donkees]

16. He was mentioning that his middle name is Ellis and explained why, and he mentioned that

his daughter's middle name was in honor of Emma Lazarus.

It's somewhere about the 9 minute mark in this video:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?423182-2/senate-minority-leader-schumer-president-trumps-executive-order-immigration

[yardwork]

11. So did I, when I read the stories this morning.

I studied history as an undergraduate. When nations decide to kick people out - Muslims, Jews, Cherokees - it's a real bad sign.

And like this time, it happens fast. Shock and awe. Expect threats, detentions, arrests, and torture to frighten the population into compliance.

[dalton99a]

15. The Malignant Asshole is going to give him a nickname.

[Polly Hennessey]

17. Breaking up

Well, tearing up and becoming emotional is useless. We need leaders able to fight back and come up with solutions. Oh, what the heck, let's all have a good cry, it will make us feel better.

[Amaryllis]

19. Check out the link in post 16. Schumer did a whole lot more than just tear up. Told what he and

others are doing about it; condemned it, said among other things it shows you the incompetence of the administration not even checking to see if it was constitutional and ohter things. Listen; it's worthwhile. Also well done in terms of effective PR to get public empathy for refugees and against this executive order. .

[Polly Hennessey]

20. Public empathy

we have; actions that solve the problem, we do not.