Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerDemocrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise Pelosi, Schumer 'encouraged' by Trump call for bigger coronavirus relief package Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday night slammed President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE’s annual address to Congress as “much more like a Trump rally than a speech a true leader would give.”

“It was demagogic, undignified, highly partisan and in too many places, untruthful,” Schumer said in a statement.

Schumer took aim at Trump’s claim that he would protect people with pre-existing conditions, which the Democratic leader called his “biggest lie.”

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He and other Democrats held a press conference earlier in the day with 80 patients, doctors and health care advocates around the country to ask Trump to drop his administration’s support of a lawsuit to overturn the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

“The only way he can truly protect people with pre-existing conditions is to drop the lawsuit immediately," Schumer said in his response to Trump’s speech.

The administration filed a legal brief last spring requesting the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down all of the health care law, also known as ObamaCare.

Trump also accused Democrats of supporting a government takeover of health care, making reference to the “Medicare for All” legislation backed by Sens. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenNo new taxes for the ultra rich — fix bad tax policy instead Democrats back away from quick reversal of Trump tax cuts It's time for newspapers to stop endorsing presidential candidates MORE (D-Mass.). Many Senate Democrats don’t support Medicare for all.

“To those watching at home tonight, I want you to know: We will never let socialism destroy American healthcare!” the president said.

Other Democrats criticized the partisan and political tone of the president’s address.

“It is in my DNA to respect the office of the president. Tonight, the president tested the limits of such a perspective as he turned the State of the Union into a campaign rally, complete with cheers for his harmful immigration policies, attacks on political rivals, repeated shout-outs to conservative pet issues and made-for-TV reveals,” Sen. Ben Cardin Benjamin (Ben) Louis CardinPPP application window closes after coronavirus talks deadlock Congress eyes tighter restrictions on next round of small business help Senate passes extension of application deadline for PPP small-business loans MORE (D-Md.) said in a statement.