Schumer's slip of the tongue

Trump trolls Schumer after Senate Democrat nearly calls for funding ICE on the floor

Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Saturday to rail against Republicans over the DHS funding lapse and, in a moment that wrote its own punchline, accidentally said the quiet part out loud.

"WE MUST FUND ICE," the Senate Minority Leader declared, before catching himself and correcting the line to "We must fund TSA now."

President Trump noticed. Fox News reported that by Sunday morning, he had posted on Truth Social, noting that Schumer got "discombobulated" on the floor. His follow-up was two words of bipartisan agreement that Democrats will not appreciate:

"Thank you Chuck, I agree!"

It was a small moment, but a revealing one. The slip exposed the absurd tightrope Senate Democrats have been walking since February, when they agreed to fund most of the federal government while deliberately withholding money from the Department of Homeland Security.

Trump trolls Schumer