Schumer: Putin Is Like a Bully from Brooklyn; Show Weakness, He Takes Advantage

SCHUMER: "Well, I tend to agree with that. Putin has shown he has no conscience. He takes advantage of this horrible downing of the airliner. And then just redoubles his efforts and rearms the rebels. And it's about time we took tougher action against Putin.
He's a schoolyard bully. What I learned in Brooklyn, you show a bully weakness, they take further advantage. You show them strength, they back off.
So here's what we should do. Our strong hand is the diplomatic and economic. We should raise the sanctions, the economic sanctions that have really hurt Russia already, further.
We should remind the Europeans who have to be part of these sanctions that they should not be like 1938 Europe, where appeasement governed.
If they appease Putin, they will not stop him, he will get worse. And second, we should take diplomatic actions."