Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer fired back at President Donald Trump over what he referred to Friday as a “petty, unserious letter.”
“When I sent Pres. Trump a serious letter on getting critical medical supplies to our frontline fighters, he responded with a petty, unserious letter,” Schumer tweeted. “To the President: Americans are dying and losing jobs. Businesses are teetering. Stop the pettiness. Be a leader. Do your job.”
When I sent Pres. Trump a serious letter on getting critical medical supplies to our frontline fighters, he responded with a petty, unserious letter.
To the President:
Americans are dying and losing jobs. Businesses are teetering. Stop the pettiness. Be a leader. Do your job.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 3, 2020
The letter Schumer sent to the White House, in addition to addressing the desperate for supplies, demanded that the president appoint a military “czar” to replace Peter Navarro and handle distribution.
Dear President Trump:
You need to designate a senior military officer as “czar” with broad and government-wide authority to lead both production and distribution of desperately needed medical equipment NOW. pic.twitter.com/h92q37OZrM
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 2, 2020
The letter followed a tweet in the same vein, in which Schumer criticized Trump’s appointees and called for their replacement.
President Trump needs to appoint a military commander to be his czar in charge of both producing critical medical supplies under the Defense Production Act and distributing the supplies where they’re needed.
His presidential appointees are not up to the job.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 2, 2020
President Trump replied to Schumer’s letter with one of his own, criticizing the New York Senator for wasting time on the “impeachment hoax” and concluding, “I’ve known you for many years, but I never knew how bad a Senator you are for the state of New York, until I became President.” (RELATED: ‘Wrong In Every Way’: Trump Sends Vicious Letter To Chuck Schumer Over Coronavirus Response)
.@realDonaldTrump with a mic drop letter to Chuck Schumer. pic.twitter.com/WsREogW8gc
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) April 2, 2020
Trump responded to Schumer on Twitter as well.
Somebody please explain to Cryin’ Chuck Schumer that we do have a military man in charge of distributing goods, a very talented Admiral, in fact. New York has gotten far more than any other State, including hospitals & a hospital ship, but no matter what, always complaining…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2020
…It wouldn’t matter if you got ten times what was needed, it would never be good enough. Unlike other states, New York unfortunately got off to a late start. You should have pushed harder. Stop complaining & find out where all of these supplies are going. Cuomo working hard!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2020