Schumer to Republicans on Trump: ‘History Is Watching ... History Will Judge’

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SCHUMER: "I repeat to all of my colleagues, history is watching. This is not a casual or usual time. As great as the desire would be to repeal ObamaCare or do tax reform, the very faith in the institutions of government now are being tested. They’ve been tested in the past. It’s not the first time in American history they’ve been tested. But in the past there have been people who rose above party, rose above an immediate interest to defend the needs of the republic. Is it going to happen now?

America — history rather, history, Mr. President, will judge on whether or not this Congress and these senators have been able to do what so many senators before us, Democrats and Republicans, have done in the past, put country above party. Whether or not we have decided to act as an appropriate check and balance as the Founders intended or whether we will let this continue, history will judge us all. Whether we decided to act in the way that’s appropriate, history will judge us. Whether or not in this moment of trial the Senate is able to rise above partisanship and achieve statesmanship, again history, history will judge us."