{"id":1596738,"date":"2022-08-09T12:02:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T16:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596738"},"modified":"2022-08-09T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T16:03:00","slug":"chuck-schumer-gives-it-away-says-republicans-are-going-to-pay-a-price-for-this-in-the-election-after-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-schumer-gives-it-away-says-republicans-are-going-to-pay-a-price-for-this-in-the-election-after-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Schumer Gives It Away, Says Republicans &#8220;Are Going to Pay a Price for This in the Election&#8221; After FBI Raid on Mar-a-Lago"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchuck-schumer-gives-it-away-says-republicans-are-going-to-pay-a-price-for-this-in-the-election-after-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>It goes without saying that the Biden FBI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/carcand\/2022\/08\/08\/breaking-donald-trumps-mar-a-lago-home-raided-by-fbi-n609060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raid<\/a> on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home has sent earthquake-like shockwaves through the right, with many including Florida Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/levon\/2022\/08\/08\/ron-desantis-marco-rubio-and-kristi-noem-among-others-react-to-the-fbi-raiding-mar-a-lago-n609188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>, Sen. Marco Rubio, and GOP House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/joesquire\/2022\/08\/08\/gop-leader-to-merrick-garland-preserve-your-documents-after-fbi-raid-of-mar-a-lago-n609177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> ripping senior officials like DOJ Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/jimthompson\/2022\/08\/09\/tuesday-toon-chris-wray-isnt-above-the-law-he-is-the-law-n609032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Wray<\/a>, and declaring the United States a \u201cBanana Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But though some Democrats were gleeful over the news of what is unmistakably a <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/08\/08\/trump-family-reacts-provides-more-info-on-raid-at-mar-a-lago-n609142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politically motivated<\/a> raid designed in part to try and knock Trump out of contention for 2024 should he decide to run, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had some rather interesting reactions to what went down at Trump\u2019s Florida estate.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Rachel Maddow\u2019s program on MSNBC Monday night, Schumer was repeatedly pressed early on about what happened and what his thoughts were. He appeared visibly uncomfortable at times, uncharacteristically refusing to comment and saying to do so right now would be \u201cpremature\u201d because \u201cnone of us know the facts\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is this the first time Chuck Schumer has refused to engage on a topic about Trump? He wouldn&#8217;t even respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@GOPLeader<\/a>&#8216;s tweet. That strikes me as notable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DSymTB7d0Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/DSymTB7d0Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EWErickson\/status\/1556850089720745984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But later, Schumer in some ways gave the game away, suggesting Republicans are \u201cgonna pay a price for this in the election\u201d and noting he believed Democrats should use the raid \u201cas an issue\u201d in the coming months, stating without any obvious sense of irony or self-awareness whatsoever considering the circumstances that \u201cthe rule of law and the protection of democracy is a key issue here, and we better watch out if we give Republicans power in either the House or the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CHUCK SCHUMER on the FBI raiding President Trump&#8217;s home: \u201cThe rule of the law, the protection of democracy is a key issue here.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbFVKJEf6v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/LbFVKJEf6v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Martinsen (@KyleMartinsen_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleMartinsen_\/status\/1556834575363588097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What Schumer left out, of course, was that Democrats are indeed terrified that Republicans are going to take back the House and Senate come fall not just because they\u2019re worried their \u201cwoke\u201d domestic agenda will get derailed but also because they are deeply concerned that Republicans will finally hold intelligence agencies accountable and in a very public and embarrassing way for how they\u2019ve worked in concert with powerful Democratic figures to weaponize their agencies into political revenge operations, especially over the last five years or so.<\/p>\n<p>As far as Schumer\u2019s refusal to comment on the actual raid itself, it was especially odd considering he predicted it to some extent with a smirk on his face <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/09\/chuck-schumer-intelligence-community-warning-2017-fbi-trump-raid-mar-a-lago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back in 2017<\/a> shortly before Trump took office:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you, so even for a practical, supposedly hard-nosed businessman, he\u2019s being really dumb to do this,\u201d Schumer said to Rachel Maddow while speaking on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you think the intelligence community would do if they were motivated to?\u201d Maddow asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cBut from what I am told, they are very upset with how he has treated them and talked about them. And we need the intelligence community. Look at the Russian hacking. Without the intelligence community we wouldn\u2019t have discovered it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In early 2017, Chuck Schumer accidentally admitted to Rachel Maddow that a powerful Deep State runs DC, warning Trump that the CIA would destroy him if he defied them. Yet media servants insisted no such thing exists. Watch:<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TUaYkksILG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/TUaYkksILG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1433165091785035780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Make no mistake about it: Chuck Schumer knows <em>exactly<\/em> what\u2019s really going on here. He knows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flashback \u2013>><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2020\/03\/05\/tom-cotton-explains-the-even-bigger-issue-with-chuck-schumers-threats-against-scotus-justices-n130395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Cotton Explains the Even Bigger Issue With Chuck Schumer\u2019s Threats Against SCOTUS Justices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It goes without saying that the Biden FBI\u2019s raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home has sent earthquake-like shockwaves through the right, with many including Florida Gov. 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