On Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to fight Donald Trump’s executive order banning the entry of refugees and people from 7 Muslim-majority countries.
Schumer fought back tears as he said, “This order was mean-spirited and un-American.”
“The president wants people to believe that everyone’s a terrorist or a criminal who’s an immigrant. It’s not fair and it’s not right.”
“We’re demanding the president reverse these executive orders that go against what we are, everything we have always stood for,” Schumer said.
Schumer said that his middle name, “Ellis,” referring to Ellis Island. “This fight’s in my bones. It’s on my birth certificate.”
“If we get a few more Republicans, I think we can pass legislation to overturn it. I think it’ll be up to the Republicans,” he said.
