Amy Schumer Defends Sen. Chuck Schumer From President Trump’s ‘Fake Tears’ Tweet

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On Monday, President Trump insulted Sen. Chuck Schumer for crying while attacking the president’s controversial refugee ban. Trump said, “I noticed Chuck Schumer yesterday with fake tears. I’m going to ask him who was his acting coach because I know him very well. … There’s about a 5% chance that it was real but I think they were fake tears.”

Many saw the president’s words as petty, and on Tuesday Amy Schumer came to her cousin’s defense.

In a post on Instagram, she said that what Trump called fake tears were, in fact, real. She said, “This is what [Trump] was thinking about at 6:21 a.m. I know Chuck Schumer and HE CANNOT act, trust me. He can barely smile on cue.” She continued, “He can’t help but be transparent and genuine. He was hurt for those people and all the people facing such unconstitutional injustice.” Then the comedian transitioned from defense to offense, writing, “A Muslim ban is so unconstitutional and cruel…We need to fight this now and together.”

This is what he was thinking about at 621am. This was his tweet after his first soldier died. Also 8 Yemeni women and 7 children died and trump called the raid “successful” Also I know chuck Schumer and HE CANNOT act trust me. He can barely smile on cue. He can’t help but be transparent and genuine. He was hurt for those people and all the people facing such unconstitutional injustice. Trump is about to bombard us with so many awful decisions. His Supreme Court pick will be terrifying and he will try and stop same sex adoption and all our other nightmares. We can’t get burnt out or overwhelmed and distracted. We need to stay focused and organized. Tell your friends who say “I’m just not political” that that doesn’t cut it anymore. We need people alert and fighting for each other’s rights. Tell your sheltered friends to wake up and help. If you live somewhere where youve never even met a Muslim person and it feels like this doesn’t really affect you. It does. A Muslim ban is so unconstitutional and cruel. They are good, hard working people and a refugee from the countries he isn’t letting people in from have never committed any acts of terrorism on US soil. Never. We need to fight this now and together. Call congress. Call the senate. We need to wake up and rise up together. People need our help.

A photo posted by @amyschumer on Jan 31, 2017 at 8:04am PST

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