Schumer compares Mitch McConnell to Herbert Hoover, calls Obamagate a 'discredited conspiracy theory', Spar Over NY Post Cover

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized his Republican colleagues on Thursday, claiming they were wrong to focus on Obamagate, which he called a discredited conspiracy theory, during the coronavirus pandemic . "For the Senate and President Trump to spend time on this when we have a COVID crisis is just absolutely absurd," he said during an interview on "The View." "We should be focusing on helping people through this crisis, not pursuing already discredited conspiracy theories." Co-host Meghan McCain had asked Schumer whether he could say with 100 percent certainty that Obamagate — alleging that former President Obama worked to undermine Trump — was a conspiracy theory. Schumer defended Obama by indicating that he appropriately responded to concerns about Russian interference in the 2016 elections. "Well, I didn’t say it," he said. "17 intelligence agencies — these are nonpartisan. These are people who have risked the