Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerMcConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security Warren, Schumer introduce plan for next president to cancel ,000 in student debt Schumer lashes out at Trump over 'blue states' remark: 'What a disgrace' MORE (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump’s proposed budget plan Thursday, saying it helps special interests but hurts the people Trump says he wants to protect.

“The President’s proposed budget cuts are devastating to the middle class,” Schumer said in a statement.

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“Once again the Trump administration is showing its true colors: talk like a populist but govern like a special interests zealot. This budget shifts the burden off of the wealthy and special interests and puts it squarely on the backs of the middle class and those struggling to get there.”

Schumer said Trump is hurting middle-class families and programs that improve Americans’ well-being.

“The very programs that most help the middle class are those that get clobbered the hardest: investments in infrastructure, education, scientific research that leads to cures for diseases all take big hits,” he said.

“Democrats in Congress will emphatically oppose these cuts and urge our Republican colleagues to reject them as well.”

Schumer also took to social media, blasting the budget and using the hashtag #Trumpcuts.