Schumer Apologizes for Supreme Court Comment: ‘They Didn’t Come out the Way I Intended’

Schumer Apologizes for Supreme Court Comment: ‘They Didn’t Come out the Way I Intended’
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) arrives to speak to abortion rights demonstrators at a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington on March 4, 2020. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) apologized he made remarks critical of two conservative Supreme Court justices that some interpreted as a threat.

“I should not have used the words I used yesterday. They didn’t come out the way I intended to. My point was that there would be political consequences—political consequences—for President [Donald] Trump and Senate Republicans if the Supreme Court, with the newly confirmed justices, stripped away a woman’s right to choose,” he remarked on the Senate Floor.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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