Schumer Outlines Senate Minority Plan Under Trump

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... now it's time to look forward ... we Democrats lost the election ... it's a result many of us did not expect ... who was a result ... none of us hoped for ... when you lose an election like the it's ... you can flinch ... you can blink ... you have to look it right in the op analyze learned from ... and most importantly ... make corrections and move forward ... there are those who suggest ... that our baseline posture ... should be to work with the president elect ... and having passes foliage and ... but Mr President ... it is not our job to be rubber stamped ... it's our job to do what's best for the American people the middle class in those struggling to get there ... if the president elect proposes legislation ... that on issues like infrastructure and trade and closing the carried interest loopholes for instance ... what we're in good faith ... to perfect and potentially an act ... but when he doesn't ... we will ... resist ... his biggest and most consistent pledge was that he would call made America great ... make the lives of America better ... we ... the Democrats ... of this and ... we'll hold them accountable to that ... and we will resist him ... if he breaks that promise ... the bottom line is the president elect Wren is a change agent ... he ran against the establishment of both parties ... he promised to change the way America operates ... to oppose elites drain the swamp ... pay attention to working families ... my friends ... since the election ... he seems to forgotten ... looking at the cabinet ... which is staffed with billionaires ... corporate executives ... Titans of Wall Street ... and those deeply imbedded in Washington's Carter powers ... of power it seems that many of his campaign themes are quickly being invented ... he said he was going on rig the system ... so far ... it still looks great ... if you abandon change ... and simply embrace the shop worn hard right ... pro corporate pro elite policies ... diametrically opposed to the many campaign themes ... that help you when working class votes and get you elected ... your presidency will not ... succeed when January twenty oh ... we won't be in reality TV ... in reality ... we Democrats will make shore ... government works for every American in reality ... not just on TV ... and on Twitter ... so ... to those who wonder what the Democratic minority will do in the hundred fifteen Congress the answer is simple ... will fight for our principles ... will fight for our values ... and we shall fulfill our solemn constitutional duty ... to hold the other branches ... of Congress of the government ... accountable ...