With Democrats in the House and Senate raging at Schumer because he insisted senators bend a knee to President Donald Trump and approve a federal government spending plan that guts critical programs — rather than shut down the government — Jeffries was asked whether he believed Schumer had “acquiesced.”

Donald Trump alleged Wednesday that Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, is not Jewish. “Schumer is a Palestinian, as far as I’m concerned. You know, he’s become a Palestinian,” the president said in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

Senator Chuck Schumer faced backlash from House Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for supporting a GOP-backed stopgap funding bill. Critics argue it grants President Trump undue power, while Schumer contends the move was to prevent a government shutdown.