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.) fired back at the Trump administration Monday morning for claiming that New York's police department is "soft on crime."

Schumer said the statement was evidence that "we're no longer fact-based."

It's "the greatest thing I worry about," Schumer told Morning Joe's hosts.

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"The Founding Fathers created a country based on fact," Schumer said. "If, say, Breitbart News and the New York Times are regarded with equal credibility, you worry about this democracy."

"Or, if our president or our attorney general can spew out facts that aren't true," host Mika Brzezinski responded.

"No argument with me," Schumer agreed.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) accused New York of being "soft on crime" in a Friday release that announced the department's letters to so-called sanctuary cities demanding that they help federal officials enforce U.S. immigration law.

"New York City continues to see gang murder after gang murder, the predictable consequence of the city's 'soft on crime' stance," the DOJ said in its release.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) quickly responded, calling the remark "outrageous."

"We did not become the safest big city in America by being 'soft on crime,' " De Blasio said.