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New York attack: President Trump blames Democrat Chuck Schumer

It wasn't clear whether Trump was relying on investigative information privately briefed to him

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President Donald Trump sought Wednesday to politicise the first terror attack in New York City since 2001, blaming Democrats for the immigration policy that made it possible for a man accused of killing eight people with his truck to enter the country. 
“The terrorist came into our country through what is called the ‘Diversity Visa Lottery Programme,’ a Chuck Schumer beauty,” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, referring to the Senate Minority Leader. “We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems. We must

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