Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Tuesday slammed 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.) for his emotional reaction at a press conference following President Trump's executive order on immigration.

"It really bothered me that Chuck 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 could bring up a few tears for people that are not being killed, not being shot, not being imprisoned, they are simply being held in an airport," Gingrich said on "Fox & Friends."

"That brought tears. Four thousand Americans being shot, over 700 killed in Chicago. That didn't bring Chuck Schumer to tears. Didn't bring [Chicago Mayor] Rahm Emanuel to tears."

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Gingrich said Trump feels his first responsibility is to protect Americans.

"That for liberal Democrats — that somehow doesn't ever seem to be their first duty," he said.

During a press conference over the weekend, Schumer, holding back tears, called the president's executive order "mean-spirited" and "un-American." He said Democrats are considering legislation to overturn the order, which bars refugees and people from seven predominately Muslim countries from entering the U.S.

“These orders go against what America has always been about. The orders make us less humanitarian, less safe, less American,” Schumer said.

Trump on Monday accused Schumer of shedding "fake tears," saying there was a "5 percent chance they're real."

"I noticed Chuck Schumer yesterday with fake tears," Trump said after meeting with small business leaders at the White House. "I’m going to ask him who is his acting coach."

In addition to barring people from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia from entering the United States for 90 days, Trump's executive order also pauses refugee resettlement in the U.S. for 120 days and suspends Syrian refugee resettlement indefinitely.