Senator Chuck Schumer

Now, I'm not against billionaires.

Billionaires are like the American dream.

There are some poor people in America who start out poor, work their butts off, and they get to be a billionaire.

I'm not anti-billionaire.

But they don't need a tax cut, particularly when it comes with such devastation.

But they have a small group of very wealthy people

billionaires, not, you know, newly made billionaires who don't want to pay taxes.

So they, one of the shibboleths of the, you know, one of the watchwords of the right wing is we got to lower taxes, but who are they lowering taxes on by and large?

The richest people in America who have a lot of political clout because of the money in politics.

So yes, the deficit is real, but the number one reason that we did this, that they did this,

was to give tax cuts to billionaires.

That is far less important than saving the healthcare system.

I say, if you're right, I'll agree with you.

If you're wrong, I won't agree with you, period.

And that's what I've done.

They get me to give a fair look, but nothing more.

Well, look, I have always and I've been critical of Netanyahu, as you know.

I've always said what we need, what we needed above all was a return of the hostages.

Mike, I flew to Israel.

I was the first, I'm the highest ranking Jewish elected official in America.