U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters upon his arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, U.S., June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) demanded the White House fire budget director Russ Vought over a crack he made at a breakfast Thursday morning, according to Politico.
Vought is the controversial author of Project 2025, which Democrats have called a "right-wing plot to undermine democracy."
Vought told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast that the government funding process should be "less bipartisan," according to the report.
“Donald Trump should fire Russell Vought immediately before he destroys our democracy,” Schumer said, adding that if the White House attempted to "walk back" Vought's comments because they believed they were wrong, "all the more reason they should fire him.”
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) posted about the incident to social media, writing, "Trump's budget chief, Russ Vought, has said he wants the appropriations process to be LESS bipartisan. This is a man who ignores our laws and flaunts it. My message to my Republican colleagues this afternoon? STAND UP for Congress as a co-equal branch of government."