Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was slammed for making 'out of touch' comments on The View after he mocked 'greedy' Americans for wanting to keep their hard-earned money.
The New York state Senator appeared on the show on Tuesday when he took aim at President Trump and his tariffs, which he claimed are to cut taxes for billionaires.
Schumer told the show: 'The Republican party are controlled by a small group of wealthy, greedy people.
'You know what their attitude is, "I made my money all by myself, how dare your government take my money from me. I don't want to pay taxes".'
He added: 'Or, "I built my company with my bare hands, how dare your government tell me how I should treat my customers, my land and water that I own or my employees".
'They hate government, government's a barrier to people, a barrier to stop them from doing things, they want to destroy it. We are not letting them do it, we are united.'
A clip of Schumer speaking on the show was shared to social media, where he was criticized over his remarks.
'100% completely out of touch...wise words coming from a career politician', one person posted.
The New York state Senator appeared on the show on Tuesday when he took aim at President Trump and his tariffs, which he said are to cut taxes for billionaires
Host Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin also took aim at Schumer for backing a Republican bill to avert a government shutdown
Another added: 'Does he hear himself? How dare we Americans want to keep our own hard money? The Democrats are cooked.'
One other commented: 'I want them to keep the narrative going so they'll never win another election', while another said: 'Does he hear himself?'
Schumer also came under scrutiny from show host Whoopi Goldberg, who asked him bluntly 'what were you thinking?', after he backed a Republican spending bill to stop a government shutdown.
He defended the move saying he backed the bill to stop 'Trump, Musk and DOGE' from cutting off anything they wanted.
Sunny Hostin didn't buy his excuse, saying: 'It gives me no pleasure to say this to you because we are friends.
'But I think you and nine other Democrats caved. I don’t think you showed the fight that this party needs right now because you’re playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away.'
Schumer responded: 'No one wants to fight more than me, and no one fights more than me. We’ve got to fight smart.
'That bill is bad, I hated it. But it does far less damage than a shutdown would. I understand we want to stick it to them. We're gonna stick it to them, and fight smart and win.'
Schumer has been under fire since Thursday when he announced on the Senate floor that he would vote for the Republican House spending bill to avert the shutdown
A clip of Schumer speaking on the show was shared to social media, where he was criticized over his remarks
He likened his decision as being told to choose between 'chopping off your fingers' or 'chopping off your arm'.
Schumer has been under fire since Thursday when he announced on the Senate floor that he would vote for the Republican House spending bill to avert the shutdown.
The move was met with outrage from some left-wing Democrats who wanted the party to put up a fight after GOP members rammed the bill through without seeking bipartisan support.
On Monday, Schumer's team postponed his scheduled book tour amid a backlash as some Democrats shared his tour dates on social media with calls to protest.
Over the weekend, the progressive grassroots group Indivisible called for Schumer to step aside.
The group's co-executive director Ezra Levin said Schumer 'led the charge to wave the white flag of surrender' to Trump and Elon Musk and said the Senate needs a minority leader 'who’s up for the fight this moment demands.'
A petition on Change.org demanding Schumer step down started by activist Charlotte Clymer has nearly 25,000 signatures.
'What we're seeing is sort of the public reveal of what Democrats are facing is a credibility crisis, and you solve a credibility crisis by doing things voters want you to do,' said Democratic strategist Max Burns.
'The problem that I'm seeing is that even after November, Democratic leaders still think they know better than their voters,' he said.
