- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced the resolution on Tuesday, saying on the Senate floor that the removal of the protesters was “appalling” and “an abuse of presidential power.”
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell objected, accusing Democrats of pulling a political stunt in the middle of the crisis sparked by the death of George Floyd.
- But the Republican leader argued that peaceful protests had been “hijacked” by violent riots and looting, and said the Democratic resolution would do nothing to ease tensions.