Schumer says McConnell will ‘go down poorly in history’ for rightwing policies

Democratic Senate leader adds his counterpart can salvage' reputation by bringing back' Republican party to center

The Democratic leader of the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, has warned his opposite number, the Republican minority leader, Mitch McConnell, that history will judge him poorly" because he paved the way to rightwing policies out of touch with the American people.

In an interview with Punchbowl News conducted at the Democratic national convention in August but published on Monday, Schumer accused McConnell of enabling Donald Trump's remaking of US politics and the judiciary. By helping to shift the supreme court sharply to the right through the former president's three appointments to the top judicial bench, McConnell had played a part in abolishing the federal right to an abortion in the ruling ending Roe v Wade, and much more, Schumer contended.