In her latest tussle with White House press secretary Sean Spicer, NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker returned on Wednesday by catering to Senator Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), wondering what President Trump will do to get Schumer to support Neil Gorsuch since he’s hurt Schumer’s feelings in the past.

“Let me just ask you about the confirmation hearings. How does the President plan to get Chuck Schumer on board with his pick for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, when he has referred to him as a clown and has accused him of fake tears,” Welker fretted.

Spicer first highlighted the support for Gorsuch from across the legal and political spectrums and when Welker began shouting at Spicer, the White House press secretary blasted the Senate Minority Leader and gave Welker a piece of advice:

I would ask you that I think that the question needs to be asked of Chuck Schumer, why are you stalling all of these nominees? Why are you insisting on new requirements that you didn’t assume for Sotomayor or Kagan? I mean, there’s a point at which they need to get asked, why are they obstructing government at every step of the way? There's an element to which they need to be held accountable as well. They held certain standards in place for their nominees, both for the bench and for the cabinet and the question is, are they going to live up to the same standards that they imposed on Republicans when they had nominees in a Democratic White House?

The sparring continued as Welker again wondered how Trump will find his way out of this supposed predicament having said something negative about Schumer: “Does the President think by personally insulting Chuck Schumer, that's the way to get him to lead some members over to support Neil Gorsuch?”

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“Chuck Schumer is not innocent in this. There's a lot of comments that he made and a lot of accusations that he's thrown out there and a lot of politics that he's played. At some point, Chuck Schumer needs to be held accountable for his actions and his words,” responded Spicer.

Later in the briefing, an unidentified male reporter invoked Merrick Garland regarding the Court: “Senate Democrats have been described bitter over the manner in which Judge Merrick Garland was nominated for the Supreme Court. Do you feel — does the President feels that that bitterness is well-founded?”

Spicer humorously shot back that he’s not sure because “I’m not a Senate Democrat” and Republicans “felt as though that this was up to the voters to make a decision on and as I pointed out yesterday, so many voters made up their mind based on who they believe the candidates would appoint” and “now President Trump was clear about the type of people he was going to put forth.”

Here’s the relevant portions of the transcript from February 1's White House Daily Press Briefing: