Schumer Jabs Johnson For 'Skedaddling Out Of Town' To Avoid Epstein Files Vote

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At a press briefing on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) ripped Speaker Johnson for ending the House session early to avoid a vote on the Epstein files.

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00:00We had a great meeting of our Senate and House Democratic leadership, and we're in agreement.

00:08We all want to pursue a bipartisan, bicameral appropriations process.

00:16That's how it's always been done successfully, and we believe that should happen.

00:22However, the Republicans are making it extremely difficult to do that.

00:27One, which Rosa will talk about, by putting out a budget that is way beyond where everybody is at.

00:34But two, by talking about rescissions, pocket rescissions, impoundment, which would undo anything that we did in the budgets.

00:44So we are going to push hard to try and get this done, but make no mistake about it.

00:50The Republicans are making it much, much harder.

00:52One final thing.

00:54Speaker Johnson shouldn't be skedaddling out of town.

00:58He should be sitting here and negotiating with us, and instead, because he's so afraid of what people might say about Jeffries.

01:09Sorry.

01:11Jeffries as well.

01:12Yes.

01:13He might say about Jeffries, but what he might say about Jeffrey Epstein.

01:18And so he's not doing his job, and he should get back here and start negotiating, but they're running away.

01:25Hakeem.

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