Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday that the solution to terrorist attacks like Tuesday’s strike in New York is more money, rather than more restrictions on immigration.
Mr. Schumer demanded President Trump cancel his push to trim anti-terrorism grants to states and local governments, saying New York City needs national taxpayers’ money to combat threats.
And Mr. Schumer, who represents New York, also said Mr. Trump is failing the test of crisis leadership by attacking an immigration program the suspect in the New York attack used to enter the U.S.
Mr. Schumer contrasted Mr. Trump’s approach of tweeting against Mr. Schumer to that of then-President George W. Bush, who in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks invited Mr. Schumer and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton to the White House to pledge cooperation.
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