NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — The political and international battle over tariffs came to Niagara Falls Tuesday with an appearance by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer.

The Democratic Minority Leader blasted what he calls President Trump's destructive trade war with tariffs against Canada.

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But we also took a look back at some of the Senator's own previous trade threat comments directed at our northern neighbor.

First off Schumer, as flanked by other Democratic politicians, tourism advocates, and small business men and women, made clear his political intentions regarding Trump's now 35 percent tariffs strategy towards Canada.

He said "I'm announcing when the Senate returns I'm gonna force a vote on t

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