Schumer’s overblown attack on GOP proposal for medical malpractice lawsuits

Chris Hayes, MSNBC: “Is the liability protection language acceptable to you?”

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.): “Not at all. It is so extreme. You heard — you said before what [Sen. Mitch] McConnell said, ‘We need things not extraneous, extraneous to covid.’ You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits till 2024, even if they’re not covid-related. What it says is, if a employer really puts his —”

Hayes: “Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second. Really?”

Schumer: “That’s in the bill. Yes. It’s...