White House knocks Chuck Schumer over Jim Crow claim: ‘Professional gaslighter'
The Trump White House is hitting back hard against "professional gaslighter" Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after the senator claimed that Republicans "want to revert to Jim Crow" by requiring an ID to vote.
Democrats held a press conference on Tuesday to mark their reintroducing of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would add new restrictions on states wanting to amend their voting laws.
During the press conference, Schumer said, "We’ve got to fight fire with...