“Is there anyway you budge on at all on your number for border security on the 1.6[billion for border wall funding]?” the Meet the Press host asked the senator. “Is there any middle ground that you would be willing to inch over to that you think could get 60 votes in the Senate?”

Schumer replied: “President Trump should understand there are not the votes for the wall in the House or the Senate. He is not going to get the wall in any form. Even the House which is a majority Republican, they don’t have the votes for his $5 billion wall plan.”