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Chuck Schumer Needs to Watch Himself

Imitating Trump’s threats is not the way to preserve the rule of law in this country.
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Here’s some free advice for Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader:

Shut. The. Front. Door. Now.

As most readers will know by now, on Wednesday, the senator addressed a reproductive-rights rally in front of the Supreme Court and solemnly spoke to the two newest justices. “I want to tell you, Gorsuch; I want to tell you, Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”

Yesterday morning, Schumer tried to walk back that crude threat: “I should not have used the words I used yesterday. They didn’t come out the way I intended them to. I’m from Brooklyn. We speak in strong language. I shouldn’t have

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