'Ridiculous': Schumer slams Republicans for pushing 'discredited conspiracy theories against Obama'
by Mike Brest
| May 13, 2020 03:22 PM
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rebuked his Republican counterparts for what he views as their prioritizing criticism of former President Obama over the coronavirus pandemic.
Republicans have recently attacked Obama for his criticism of the Department of Justice's move to drop the charges against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. The former president alleged that the "rule of law is at risk" due to the DOJ's decision. Many conservative pundits and politicians have speculated that the previous administration was actively trying to hurt President Trump.
Schumer attacked his colleagues across the political aisle for focusing on Flynn and the subsequent fallout of his charges being dropped instead of focusing on the pandemic during an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Wednesday.
"It’s ridiculous," he argued. "[Obama's] been very restrained, and I want to say this, Andrea. Instead of doing what they’re supposed to do, Senate Republicans, coming up with answers to the COVID crisis, having oversight hearings to find out why small business isn't getting the lending, why we’re not testing, we’re the hospitals are still hurting and not getting the money they need. Instead of having hearings and oversight on that, they're coming up with these ridiculous conspiracy theories on Obama, and Chairman Johnson wants to go after Biden and this Hunter Biden conspiracy theory, which came from the Russians, of all people."
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