Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerRepublican senator says plans to confirm justice before election 'completely consistent with the precedent' Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral Graham signals support for confirming a Supreme Court nominee this year MORE (D-N.Y.) is offering a new title for President Trump: "obstructionist in chief."

"The president is pointing fingers. He blames [Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellOcasio-Cortez to voters: Tell McConnell 'he is playing with fire' with Ginsburg's seat McConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Video shows NYC subway station renamed after Ruth Bader Ginsburg MORE [R-Ky.] for obstruction. He blames the Democrats for obstruction. He's the obstructionist in chief because he can't stick to a position," Schumer told reporters during a pen-and-pad briefing on Wednesday.

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Schumer's comments come as Trump announced his opposition for a deal, hatched by Sens. Lamar Alexander Andrew (Lamar) Lamar AlexanderMcConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Alexander backs vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee: What Democrats 'would do if the shoe were on the other foot' Toobin: McConnell engaging in 'greatest act of hypocrisy in American political history' with Ginsburg replacement vote MORE (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray Patricia (Patty) Lynn MurrayTrump health officials grilled over reports of politics in COVID-19 response CDC director pushes back on Caputo claim of 'resistance unit' at agency The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Pence lauds Harris as 'experienced debater'; Trump, Biden diverge over debate prep MORE (D-Wash.), that would provide two years of health insurance cost-sharing reduction payments in exchange for giving states more flexibility on ObamaCare guidelines. Alexander and Murray are the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Health Committee.

Democrats have largely praised the deal but it faces an uphill battle in the GOP-controlled Congress, where conservative critics are wary of supporting a deal they view as propping up ObamaCare.

Trump appeared to take credit for the bipartisan negotiations during a press conference in the Rose Garden on Monday before coming out against the Alexander-Murray deal once it was announced.

Schumer linked the shift to pushback from conservatives, adding that Trump can't "let the hard right run things."

"This president cannot govern if, whenever the hard right frightens him and says jump, he says how high," Schumer said.