{"id":2470155,"date":"2025-08-02T23:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-mocks-trump-after-senators-head-home-with-no-deal-on-nominees-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T23:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:48:10","slug":"schumer-mocks-trump-after-senators-head-home-with-no-deal-on-nominees-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-mocks-trump-after-senators-head-home-with-no-deal-on-nominees-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer mocks Trump after senators head home with no deal on nominees &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fschumer-mocks-trump-after-senators-head-home-with-no-deal-on-nominees-washington-examiner%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=2470155&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--><p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer mocked President Donald trump after blocking the confirmation of most of Trump&#8217;s remaining civilian nominees, resulting in no deal before senators left for thier August recess. Over a weekend session in Washington, Republicans aimed to confirm these nominees quickly, while Democrats, led by Schumer, sought to delay the process and demanded withheld White House funding as leverage. Trump accused Schumer of &#8220;political extortion,&#8221; but no agreement was reached. Schumer later celebrated the blockade, calling the nominees &#8220;historically unqualified&#8221; and criticizing Trump&#8217;s negotiating skills. Republicans defended the nominees as noncontroversial and accused Democrats of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emails-show-ron-wydens-office-lied-about-irs-whistleblower-backing-out-of-senate-meeting\/\" title=\"Ron Wyden&#039;s office lied about IRS whistleblower canceling ... meeting, emails reveal.\">playing partisan games<\/a>. Only a few nominees were confirmed before the recess, with more confirmations expected once the senate reconvenes in September, potentially under revised rules to speed up the process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Schumer mocks Trump after senators head home with no deal on nominees<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2191179\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) mocked President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> after he held up most of the president&rsquo;s remaining nominees for at least another month.<\/p>\n<p>Senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3489070\/trump-nominee-backlog-senate-rare-weekend-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">remained<\/a> in Washington, D.C., over the weekend as Republicans looked to confirm the rest of Trump&rsquo;s civilian nominees. Democrats sought to delay the confirmations, with Schumer asking for funding withheld from the White House in exchange for the fast-tracking of the nominations. After Trump signaled that was a nonstarter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3489601\/trump-accuses-schumer-political-extortion-amid-nominations-blockade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"accused\">accused<\/a> Schumer of &ldquo;political extortion,&rdquo; senators departed the capital for their August recess without a deal and with only a few more nominees confirmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3489614\/senate-confirms-jeanine-pirro-top-dc-prosecutor\/\">Senate confirms Jeanine Pirro as top DC prosecutor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3489601\/trump-accuses-schumer-political-extortion-amid-nominations-blockade\/\">Trump accuses Schumer of &#8216;political extortion&#8217; amid nominations blockade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3489547\/fetterman-optimistic-trump-tariffs-after-criticism\/\">Fetterman optimistic about Trump&rsquo;s tariffs after criticism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Now, Schumer is seemingly taking a victory lap after blocking the nominees&rsquo; confirmation and stoking Trump&rsquo;s ire, reposting Trump&rsquo;s Truth Social post that deplored his tactics with the caption &ldquo;The Art of the Deal,&rdquo; referencing the president&rsquo;s 1987 book of the same name.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Art of the Deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fVc9kriNfG\">https:\/\/t.co\/fVc9kriNfG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1951809785529061873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1951818011523924234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post\">post<\/a>, Schumer laid out his justification for blocking the nominees, who he claimed were &ldquo;historically unqualified.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me clear what happened: Donald Trump attempted to steamroll the Senate to put in place his historically unqualified nominees. But Senate Democrats wouldn&rsquo;t let him,&rdquo; the top Senate Democrat said.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans sought to counter that claim on Saturday, with Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorTimScott\/status\/1951675762781659627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"arguing\">arguing<\/a> the nominees were &ldquo;noncontroversial&rdquo; and accusing the Democrats of playing &ldquo;partisan games.&rdquo; Others posted a graphic showing that thus far, no civilian nominees have been confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent since the start of Trump&rsquo;s second term, which they said is &ldquo;unprecedented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senate Democrats are literally holding the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal government hostage<\/a>. They are harming the country by refusing to allow any of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>&#8216; nominees through by voice vote or unanimous consent. President Trump is the first president in recorded history to not have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-accuses-schumer-of-political-extortion-amid-nominations-blockade-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... of \u2018...\u2019 amid ... ... - Washington Examiner\">single nominee&#038;hellip<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/puCJnsmPxP\">pic.twitter.com\/puCJnsmPxP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Pete Ricketts (@SenatorRicketts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRicketts\/status\/1951726017334173790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>That statistic is set to remain unchanged until at least early September, when the Senate is back in session. Republican senators will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/02\/senate-trump-deal-00490401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> eye rules changes then to cut down the time needed to confirm Trump&rsquo;s picks.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans managed to push through a few more nominees before departing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3489614\/senate-confirms-jeanine-pirro-top-dc-prosecutor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"most notably\">most notably<\/a> Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>But Schumer is celebrating his resistance against Trump, taunting the president by saying he &ldquo;threw in the towel, sent Republicans home and was unable to do the basic art of negotiating.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3489601\/trump-accuses-schumer-political-extortion-amid-nominations-blockade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRUMP ACCUSES SCHUMER OF 'POLITICAL EXTORTION' AMID NOMINATIONS BLOCKADE\">TRUMP ACCUSES SCHUMER OF &lsquo;POLITICAL EXTORTION&rsquo; AMID NOMINATIONS BLOCKADE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He caved and got nothing,&rdquo; Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1951841675829006751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer&rsquo;s resistance follows him previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3347329\/schumer-caves-shutdown-battle-gop-clearing-way-funding-bill-passage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"caving\">caving<\/a> on a separate battle with Republicans back in March over a potential government shutdown. After he helped advance a House-passed stopgap measure to fund the government, Schumer faced intense backlash from within his own party, leading to primary threats and calls for new leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2191179\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2191179\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schumer mocks Trump as Senate leaves with no nominee deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2470156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/schumer-mocks-trump-after-no-deal-nominees.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4411,3740,3634],"class_list":["post-2470155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-schumer","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/schumer-mocks-trump-after-no-deal-nominees.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470159,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470155\/revisions\/2470159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}