Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On President Trump Touting His Economic Record In Michigan: It’s “Like An Arsonist Returning To The Scene Of The Crime”

Washington, D.C. - Today, ahead of Trump's economic speech in Michigan, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor to call out the real, disastrous impacts that Donald Trump's policies have had on Michigan and the country as a whole, including lost manufacturing jobs, soaring gas prices, and tariffs. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Trump going to Michigan today to tout his economic record is like an arsonist returning to the scene of the crime and asking for a pat on the back. Trump has said over and over again that affordability is a "made-up" word. He has said Americans' skyrocketing costs are nothing but a "hoax."

Hey Donald: ask any Michigander whether they think the higher costs that are crushing them are a hoax.

Michiganders and Americans know that rising costs are all too real, and they know who's to blame: Donald Trump and the GOP. Over and over again, they have done things that has made it more expensive to live in Michigan.

If Trump wants to tout his economic record in Michigan, so be it. Trump can brag about how Michiganders are forking over four dollars and 23 cents for a gallon of gas - on a car economy - because of his failed war with Iran.

Trump can take credit for the massive tariff tax he's forcing Michiganders to pay because of the whopping 50% tariff he just slapped on Canada - the state's northern neighbor.

The Michigan and Canadian economies are intertwined. How stupid to impose a tariff when the two economies depend on each other.

Or maybe Trump wants to boast to Michigan's factory workers about the 75,000 American manufacturing jobs he has lost in his second term. Everywhere you look the Michigan economy is in shambles because of Donald Trump and his actions.

So that's your record, Donald. Go ahead and own it.

Trump thinks he's in for a warm reception in Michigan, but he's in for a reckoning.

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