From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Schumer promises Dems will watch Trump closely
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer pledges to hold President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to account — and warns against a “Twitter presidency.”
The New Yorker says Senate Democrats will hold Trump to his promise to “Make America Great Again” — as long as that means creating jobs, raising incomes, giving real opportunities to the disadvantaged and protecting civil rights.
But Schumer says, “We’ll fight him tooth and nail when he appeals to the baser instincts that diminish America and its greatness.”
The newly elevated Senate Democratic leader says the issues confronting America are so complex that “we cannot tweet them away.”
Schumer ‘s comments come in prepared remarks he is delivering later Tuesday as Congress convenes for its first session of 2017.
— AP
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