Schumer Responds To Trump Accusing Obama Of Treason After Gabbard Report Drops

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On the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) responded to President Trump's accusation that former President Obama committed treason.

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00:00Now on FEMA. After the heartbreaking tragedy in Texas, I called for accountability to determine

00:08if Donald Trump's cuts played any role in hindering the rescue effort. The White House reacted by

00:15calling us liars. They said it was a depraved lie, Trump's words, to question if Donald Trump's

00:21actions harmed rescue efforts. But sadly, the more we learn, the more we see that Donald Trump and

00:29Kristi Noem are the liars. And there's very little doubt. Doge cuts made things worse at FEMA and

00:36affected what happened in Texas. Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the head of FEMA's

00:44urban research, FEMA's urban search and rescue unit resigned. The reason, he stated, was that

00:52Donald Trump has created chaos at the agency. The former worker said Donald Trump's cuts,

00:58bureaucratic obstacles, and abysmal response to the flooding in FEMA influenced his decision.

01:04He specifically cites, as many others have, Kristi Noem's decision. He specifically cites,

01:15as have many others, Kristi Noem's decision requiring her personal approval on every purchase of more

01:22than $100,000. Remember, experts have said that this stupid policy was responsible for getting rid

01:29of hundreds of call center staff for five days after the Texas flood. Thousands of calls to FEMA from

01:35flood survivors went unanswered according to internal documents. That's unacceptable. That's

01:40incompetent. But this is the consequence of Donald Trump's terrible policies. So Donald Trump may have

01:48called those of us who criticized FEMA's cuts, FEMA's doge cuts and their effect in Texas. He may have

01:55called those of us who did that liars to avoid responsibility. But in fact, he's the liar here.

02:02His actions at FEMA have caused chaos, staff shortages, delayed response. It put people's lives in danger

02:09moving forward. And unfortunately, these doge cuts are going to have many other dire consequences for

02:16the American people. Donald Trump may try to deflect blame, but he's the one who implemented these horrible

02:23cuts across the board. And let's get to a more general subject about how Trump operates. By now, it's obvious

02:32that what Donald Trump uses as his M.O. Whenever he points the finger, whenever he launches insults

02:39at others, what he is really doing is deflecting from something he knows he is guilty of himself.

02:46I just said Donald Trump called us liars for asking about his role in cutting FEMA funding.

02:51Turns out he's the liar here. And yesterday, Donald Trump accused President Obama for treason

02:57without any evidence, saying he tried to steal the 2016 election and tried to use the issue of Russia

03:04to smear him. This is delusional. Trump sounds unwell when he accuses Obama of treason. But not only that,

03:18who was the one who we know tried to blackmail a foreign head of state to gain dirt against a

03:25political opponent? Who was the one? Donald Trump. Who incited the violent insurrection against the

03:30U.S. Capitol to try and prevent the certification of the 2020 election? Donald Trump. So when Donald

03:37Trump says President Obama tried to steal an election, we know Trump's lying. We know Trump is

03:43the one guilty of the crime. And he is trying to deflect from his own lawlessness by inciting a

03:49violent insurrection in the Capitol. To call, accuse others of what he is guilty of doing is how Donald

03:56Trump operates. He has for decades. But the American people are seeing through it now that he's in the

04:03high position of President. What he did with President Obama is not an isolated example. As I mentioned,

04:11Donald Trump recently called some of us liars for demanding transparency after the tragedy in Texas.

04:16But who spent months calling for the elimination of FEMA? Who has run thousands of FEMA staffers out

04:23of the door? Who cut FEMA call center staff in the name of Doge cuts? Donald Trump. Donald Trump

04:30even recently called a Democratic member of this chamber a fraud and a crook and has threatened him

04:36with prosecution without any merit. But who was it that was found in court to have unlawfully inflated

04:43the value of his own properties? Who was the fraud? Who was the crook? Who launched a fake university that

04:51was accused of in multiple states of defrauding students with false claims about educational

04:57services? Who has built a reputation as a liar, a swindler, someone who always talks a big game but

05:03never seems to follow through? That is, of course, Donald Trump. So we know the game here.

05:09When Trump points the finger, he is telling on himself for something he has been guilty of. That's

05:17his M.O. This meritless accusation against President Obama is just another pathetic example.

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