Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he was introducing a resolution in support of fully funding federal law enforcement, attempting to embarrass Republicans after Donald Trump suggested Congress should defund the FBI and the Justice Department.
A vote on Schumer’s three-page resolution could leave Republicans caught between defying the former president or supporting a position that would rankle rank-and-file voters of assorted political stripes.
“Where will they stand: with the former president’s dangerous call to cut funding to federal law enforcement or with the American people who want to be safe?” Schumer, a Brooklyn Democrat, asked on the Senate floor.
