Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Moving Forward Next Week With Legislation To Combat Domestic Terrorism

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding taking action next week on domestic terrorism legislation to take a stand against violent white supremacy. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

My home state of New York is still grieving from the horrendous violence that took place in Buffalo Saturday. The people I met in Buffalo on Tuesday are with me almost every moment. The families, the survivors, the community. It was the worst shooting in Buffalo’s history; ten innocent people killed, all of them Black Americans.

What happened in Buffalo was clearly an act of domestic terrorism. Terrorism that fed from the madness of conspiracy theories like white replacement theory, which is increasingly finding a home with MAGA Republicans and cable networks like Fox News.

Yesterday, I announced that the Senate will move forward next week on legislation championed by Senator Durbin to fight back against the rise of domestic terrorism in America.

In light of the shooting in Buffalo, in light of the rise of racist conspiracies like the Great Replacement, all of us, have an obligation to protect Americans by treating these incidents of violence like the terrorists acts they are. I hope that given everything happening across the country right now, our Republicans will join us to pass this bill swiftly.

Taking a stand against white supremacy and domestic terrorism should be the easiest thing in the world. When any single community is targeted by racism, it affects every one of us. So, we’re going to take action next week on domestic terrorism legislation, and I hope both sides send an unmistakable message against the ascension of white supremacy that threatens the fabric of this nation.

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