At today's Senate Democratic press briefing, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) mocked President Trump's tariffs on the unpopulated Heard and McDonald Islands.
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00:01Thank you, Ron.
00:02First, the islands.
00:03They are the Heard and McDonald Island.
00:09They don't – they are covered by tariffs, Russia isn't.
00:12So basically, what Trump is doing is taxing penguins, not Putin.
00:17The only things on those – the only living things on those islands are the only – the
00:21penguins are there.
00:22There are no people.
00:24Questions on this subject?
00:25Yes.
00:26Senator Schumer, we saw Senator Booker take the floor for 25 hours.
00:30It gave you and your conference quite a bit of attention to the issues that you care about.
00:34You have in front of you an opportunity here with Votorama to hold the floor as long as
00:39humanly possible in – to try and extend this out.
00:43How long are you willing to go to make your point?
00:46Look, you're going to see the points we made here and other points that Donald Trump,
00:52the Republican Senate, and the Republicans are having families lose, billionaires win.
00:57You'll see made in a whole bunch of different amendments on different subjects.