Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is pushing his Democrat Senate colleagues to create fireworks during confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks.

“Republicans spent four years attacking the Democratic brand, and we need to use the hearings to begin returning the favor,” Schumer told top committee Democrats in a meeting Wednesday afternoon, Axios reported.

Schumer told the Democrat caucus in a lunch Tuesday they should interrogate Trump nominees on the president-elect’s agenda and what they believe it means for Americans, according to Axios. Schumer reminded senators they have an opportunity to seize the narrative from the GOP on the economy, the border, and cultural issues.

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