\u00ab\u00a0If President-elect Trump lets the hard-right members of Congress and his cabinet run the show, if he attempts to adopt their time-worn policies which benefit the elites, the special interests, corporate America \u2014 not the working man and woman \u2014 his presidency will not succeed,\u00a0\u00bb the New York Democrat said, according to The Wall Street Journal.
\u00ab\u00a0Maybe not in the first 90 days, but certainly not in the first two years,\u00a0\u00bb he added.
\u00ab\u00a0With all due respect, America cannot afford a Twitter presidency. Many Americans are afraid, Mr. President-elect, that instead of rolling up your sleeves and forging serious policies\u2026that, for you, Twitter suffices,\u00a0\u00bb Schumer said.
Schumer also criticized a number of Trump’s appointments to his cabinet, saying \u00ab\u00a0too many of his cabinet picks support the same, hard-right, doctrinaire positions that many in the Republican Party have held for years, policies that the American people have repeatedly rejected. \u00a0\u00bb
The senator also charged the incoming president with marching in \u00ab\u00a0lockstep\u00a0\u00bb with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert responded to Schumer on Wednesday, telling Fox News’ \u00ab\u00a0Fox & Friends\u00a0\u00bb program that Schumer represents \u00ab\u00a0the fringe party. \u00ab\u00a0<\/p>\n