Incoming Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump and the Republicans controlling Congress do not have a mandate to implement their agenda.
“Democrats got a majority of the popular vote," Schumer said on ABC's This Week. "So it's not a mandate."
The New York Democrat pledged to fight Trump and the Republican majority "tooth and nail."
"When he's opposed to our values, we're going to go after him tooth and nail," Schumer said. "For instance, we're not going to let him repeal Dodd-Frank or the rules we put in place to limit Wall Street. They're going to regret the day they try to repeal the [Affordable Care Act]."
"So when we oppose Trump on values or this presidency takes a dark divisive turn, we're going to do it tooth and nail," he added...
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