Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerPelosi orders Capitol flags at half-staff to honor Ginsburg Ginsburg in statement before her death said she wished not to be replaced until next president is sworn in Democrats call for NRA Foundation to be prohibited from receiving donations from federal employees MORE (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday doubled down on his criticism of President Trump in the wake of a terrorist attack in New York City.

"President Trump where is your leadership? The contrast between President Bush's actions after 9/11 and President Trump's actions this morning could not be starker," Schumer said from the Senate floor.

Schumer contrasted Trump's tweets with President George W. Bush's response after the 9/11 attacks, noting Bush invited Schumer and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE (D) to the White House.

"In a moment of national tragedy, President Bush understood the meaning of his high office. ... President Trump instead of politicizing and dividing America ... should be bringing us together and focusing on the real solution: anti-terrorism funding," Schumer said.

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The White House's proposed budget cut anti-terrorism grant funding. Schumer said on Wednesday that he wants Trump to rescind the proposed cuts.

Trump ripped the Senate's top Democrat in an early morning tweet over an immigration program that allowed the suspect in the attack, Sayfullo Saipov, to enter the United States. Eight people were killed on Tuesday when Saipov plowed a truck into bicyclists and pedestrians in lower Manhattan. Saipov was shot by police and is currently in custody.

Schumer immediately fired back on Twitter, saying: "I guess it's not too soon to politicize a tragedy."

Sen. Jeff Flake Jeffrey (Jeff) Lane FlakeRepublican former Michigan governor says he's voting for Biden Maybe they just don't like cowboys: The president is successful, some just don't like his style Bush endorsing Biden? Don't hold your breath MORE (R-Ariz.) also defended Schumer, noting that their 2013 immigration bill nixed the Diversity Visa Program.

Actually, the Gang of 8, including @SenSchumer, did away with the Diversity Visa Program as part of broader reforms. I know, I was there https://t.co/QQFJzPyRzC — Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) November 1, 2017

Schumer said from the Senate floor that Tuesday's attack resonated personally with him as a New Yorker and that he had taken the bike path twice in the past month.

"My daughter went to the school near the scene ... and she used the bike path I don't know how many times. This is our territory, our home," he said.