Chuck Schumer Torches Trump's CBP Nominee Over Role In Alleged Cover-Up Of Death Of CBP Detainee

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During remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about the nomination of Rodney Scott to be the Customs and Border Protection Commissioner.

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00:00Today, Senate Republicans will confirm Rodney Scott as Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and

00:05Border Protection, or CPB.

00:07It's hard to imagine a worse, more unqualified, more dangerous choice to lead the CPB in this

00:14moment than Mr. Scott.

00:16His lack of experience alone is enough to disqualify him from the position.

00:21But there's even more.

00:23During his time at the Border Patrol, Mr. Scott was directly implicated in the alleged cover-up

00:28of the death of someone in Border Patrol custody.

00:33These are the people Donald Trump seems to like, people who break the law, they somehow,

00:37he likes that.

00:40And there's another one.

00:42When pressed by the committee about these allegations, Mr. Scott describes his actions as routine.

00:49Cover up the death of someone who was in custody, that's routine.

00:54This is sick.

00:55This is a person who may have covered up the death of someone in the Border Patrol

00:58custody.

00:59And now Republicans want to put him in charge of border security.

01:04No one who allegedly covered up a wrongful death at the hands of law enforcement should

01:10ever be named to a position of leadership.

01:12The Senate should reject his nomination.

01:17And while the Trump, and at a time when the Trump administration is snatching people off

01:21the streets, conducting military-style raids across America, and demonizing immigrants,

01:27Mr. Scott would be nothing more than a rubber stamp for some of Donald Trump's nastiest,

01:33cruelest immigration policies.

01:36No.

01:39I note the absence of a letter.

01:44What about president?

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