Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) delivered a speech in New York City on Sunday where he blamed Saturday’s Mexican Navy ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on the Trump administration for allowing the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to audit the U.S. Coast Guard.
“We know that the Trump administration has been meddling in U.S. Coast Guard operations, from staffing to command and comms, and I have the general sense of a DOGE dysfunction in parts of the Coast Guard,” Schumer stated.
He continued, “To put it mildly, after being fully briefed on last night’s Brooklyn Bridge accident, one thing is very clear; there are many more questions than answers… We know there has been meddling by the Trump administration into the Coast Guard’s staffing and now we need to know how this meddling might have impacted the events of last night.”
🚨 NEW: Chuck Schumer has blamed DOGE for the Brooklyn Bridge ship accident
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 19, 2025
Man, the Elon Derangement Syndrome is STRONG here
According to Schumer, DOGE is the reason a MEXICAN SHIP reversed itself into a bridge at a high rate of speed, which it was too tall to clear.
WTF is… pic.twitter.com/CSBCOA9hxa
“The current hiring freeze at the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, which the Coast Guard is part of, may have limited the ability of the Coast Guard to fully staff up at the VTS, the vehicle traffic service, the shore-wide system that provides quote air traffic control for the seas, especially in congested areas and restricted waters like New York Harbor,” Schumer said.
See the bizarre boating accident that killed two crew members and injured 17 below:
The Coast Guard countered Schumer’s accusations, telling Fox News Digital that VTS was “fully functional during the incident and operating in accordance with established procedures to manage commercial traffic and facilitate safe navigation. Our response included launching a crew from Station New York, establishing a temporary safety zone, and coordinating with NYPD, FDNY, and NYC DOT.”
According to Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the ship crashed because it “lost power.”
Democrats cannot refrain from rushing to attack Trump and Musk before the dust has settled and all the facts are made public.
Schumer’s remarks even sparked a hilarious political cartoon:
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