GOP President George H.W. Bush signed program into law that Trump is blaming Schumer for.

[Mrs. Overall]

Schumer was a junior senator at the time of the signing of the law (1990), which had bipartisan support.

Link to tweet

More from the WA Post:

Congress approved the Diversity Visa Lottery, also known as the green card lottery, as part of the Immigration Act of 1990, but it didn’t take effect until 1995.

Under the program, the State Department offers 50,000 visas to each year to immigrants from parts of the world with relatively low immigration rates over the previous five years. Most visas go to people from African nations, as The Washington Post has reported.

To qualify, applicants must have a high school education or two years in an occupation in that requires formal training. Those who meet eligibility requirements are selected at random from a computer lottery. The State Department refers to them as “diversity immigrants.”


On Edit: As exboyfil posted below, McConnell, Hatch, and Grassley also voted "yes" for this program in 1990.

[underpants]

1. Hold it. Are you suggesting that Trump doesn't know what the F he's talking about?

Thanks for the research. Saved me a lot of time.

[n2doc]

2. Facts mean nothing to Drumph. Only finding someone familiar to blame matters

Surprised he didn't blame Hillary.

[riversedge]

3. Trump always has to have a boogyman-or woman to blame. Glad to see Schumer smacking back

at the stupid man.

[Botany]

4. Faster then the speed of light Trump tweets something that is either or wrong or just a lie.

I can't take much more of Trump

[exboyfil]

5. Here is the final Senate vote

The eight Nay votes were split equally between Republicans and Democrats

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=101&session=2&vote=00323

Some notable Yeas include McConnell, Hatch, and Grassley.

I don't think any of the "forward" thinking Nay votes are still in the Senate. All but one are dead (Lott).

[Mrs. Overall]

7. Great information! Thank you.

[sarisataka]

6. Details, Details...

[Angry Dragon]

8. KICK

[BSdetect]

9. But do facts matter - not to drumph.

[Gothmog]

10. Trump is unfit to be POTUS