Trump: Man who lost family in Holocaust is crying 'fake tears' over Muslim ban

Chuck Schumer

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer choked up on Sunday while talking about Donald Trump’s monstrous Muslim ban, leading to a predictably tasteless attack from Trump: Schumer, he said, was crying “fake tears.”

“'Cause I know him,” Trump added of the top Senate Democrat. “I don't see him as crier. If he is, he's a different man. There's about a 5 percent chance it was real. But I think they were fake tears.”

What’s sick is that Trump may actually think he’s praising Schumer here. Trump claims that the last time he cried was when he was a baby. About that:

Not crying at death of parents, brother, family doesn't mean you're a manly man. It means you're a sociopath. https://t.co/MK8XVdbIX6

— Susan Gardner (@SusanGDailyKos) January 30, 2017

Not only is Schumer a non-sociopath, but he knows very personally where this kind of religious hatred and scapegoating can lead:

Repeat: Senator Schumer's great-grandmother and 7 of her 9 children were murdered by the Nazis. https://t.co/BswWCIxOlD

— Jennifer Mendelsohn (@CleverTitleTK) January 30, 2017

Schumer’s grandfather lost his mother and seven siblings. That’s the kind of thing you hear about growing up, the kind of lesson that shapes a family. The kind of bone-deep knowledge that makes you cry real tears when you see your own country going down a dangerous road.

But then, Trump doesn’t believe in learning or empathy any more than he’d admit he’s ever cried.