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Trump Plans to Call for ‘Unity’ Tonight at SOTU — Then Immediately Attacks Chuck Schumer on Twitter
Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is “already criticizing” his State of the Union address, which is scheduled to be given in the evening, and laughably plans to have a theme of “unity.”
“I see Schumer is already criticizing my State of the Union speech, even though he hasn’t seen it yet,” Trump tweeted. “He’s just upset that he didn’t win the Senate, after spending a fortune, like he thought he would. Too bad we weren’t given more credit for the Senate win by the media!”
I see Schumer is already criticizing my State of the Union speech, even though he hasn’t seen it yet. He’s just upset that he didn’t win the Senate, after spending a fortune, like he thought he would. Too bad we weren’t given more credit for the Senate win by the media!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2019
Trump is expected to emphasize unity in his speech, and urge Congress to work together on key policy issues.
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Schumer, however, dismissed the likely rhetoric, saying Trump was “ignoring the reality of his administration” and would “weave a web of fiction.”
“It seems every year the president wakes up and discovers the desire for unity on the morning of the State of the Union,” he said. “Then the president spends the other 364 days of the year dividing us and sowing a state of disunion.”
Schumer added that the “blatant hypocrisy of this president calling for unity is that he is one of the chief reasons Americans feel so divided now.”
Trump and Schumer have a long relationship that sparked talk, at the start of the administration, that the two could help bridge the divide between congressional Democrats and the White House.
But they have ended up being at odds with each other on most of the major fights of the last two years, including the current feud over government funding and money for Trump’s proposed border wall.
The president has previously lashed out at Schumer, who he has nicknamed “Cryin Chuck.”
Schumer responded with a tweet:
Thanks for watching my speech but you must have missed this line:
“Even more empty than his policy promises are President Trump’s calls each year for unity”#SOTU https://t.co/dtKUKBnNlK
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) February 5, 2019
Twitter quickly called Trump out:
Wonderful job showing unity Mr. Trump. Please remember the GOP only just barely held onto the Senate. You are still in charge of a very divided country.
— Eric (@esoule951) February 5, 2019
All this unity really brings a tear to the eye. https://t.co/43Fpba2fog
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) February 5, 2019
I guess Trump thinks we've gotten so much unity from his SOTU speech that he hasn't given yet that we're already sick of unity and want more tantrums and division. https://t.co/GLJbR5D8OJ
— Alexander Vornoff (@DrAVornoff) February 5, 2019
He actually thinks that job #1 of the presidency is to tweet. https://t.co/50TsknxnG4
— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) February 5, 2019
can't wait for tonight's speech on unity https://t.co/Sa7mp3fKq3
— David Mack (@davidmackau) February 5, 2019
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