Trump accuses Schumer of blackmail confirmation of Senate nominee

President Donald Trump lashes out at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer On Wednesday, lawmakers accused of serving Trump’s nominee in the Senate.

Trump did it His statement of truth social narrative argues that there has never been so many presidential nominees in American history being bottlenecked in the Senate. Senate Republicans have been in talks with Schumer to speed up the nomination process this week, but the negotiations collapsed.

“Political Senator Cryin’Chuck Schumer wants Republicans to extort $2 billion by blackmail to get radical left Democrats to approve hundreds of Trump appointments that have been waiting for months and are going in small quantities,” Trump wrote.

“This has never happened. There has never been such a delay in American history. They are ransomware! Republicans have to make legislation to get rid of the mastery of these thugs who hate these hatreds. Action quickly!” he added.

Trump told Schumer

Legislators left Washington on Monday without a deal, deeply frustrating Republicans with Schumer and Senate Democrats for their unprecedented words and actions to every Trump nominee. Only Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been smoothly confirmed.

Schumer and Democrats demanded that Trump release billions of dollars in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and foreign aid, a statement by Trump about $2 billion “ratiocracy.”

Gridlock collapses as the Senate spends bills against the shutdown

Republicans are now discussing a rule change that would prevent Democrats from litigating against nominees, allowing them to clear the Senate with a simple majority.

Chuck Schumer asked the Trump administration to authorize billions of dollars in federal spending before it gets nominees through the Senate. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

“I think it’s going to happen anyway because of Schumer’s actions. He forced this, and it’s ridiculous for him to do it.” Markwayne MullinR-Okla. , said Tuesday. “So, anyway, we’re at this point, we’re going to do it, you know what they say, every move needs to be equal. [reaction]this is our goal now. ”

Currently, more than 1,200 positions have been confirmed by the Senate. Senate Republicans have been able to confirm Trump’s more than 130 draft picks so far, but there are still more than 140 nominees on the Senate calendar.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he supports changing Senate rules to approve Trump’s nominee. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

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“I think they need change in a desperate situation,” Senate Majority Leader John ThuneRs.D., told reporters Tuesday. “I think the past six months have proved the process and the nominations are broken. So, I hope there will be some good conversations about it.”

Alex Miller of Fox News contributes to the report