WATCH: Schumer's anti-corruption speech derailed after heckler brands him 'genocidal maniac'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wanted to talk about alleged corruption committed by President Donald Trump and his family, but instead was interrupted by a protester calling out his "diabolical record."

Schumer was just getting started with his speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to make a "major anti-corruption announcement," when an audience member seated in the front row tore into the Senate’s top Democrat.

"You talk about corruption, how can you talk about corruption when you back genocide? What can be more corrupt than genocide? This is part of the same con of you and Trump playing off of each other," the protester said.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., departs after a weekly Senate Democratic Policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2026. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

The disruptor then noted that Schumer and other congressional Democrats were "put on notice" by the Center for Constitutional Rights in 2023 for "aiding and abetting" Israel in its war against Hamas.

Critics of that conflict have long pointed to the Jewish State for going above and beyond in their quest to snuff out the terrorist organization by leveling cities in Gaza, withholding food, aid and electricity and targeting civilians.

Schumer tried to regain control of the moment and told the audience member, "Thank you for your diatribe. Now let's continue. Let's continue."

But he wasn’t successful.

"You should be questioned about your diabolical record," the audience member said. "It's amazing that you can show your genocidal face in public."

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"Mr. Senator. Mr. Senator. Shame on Public Citizen for not allowing questions to this genocidal maniac," he said as he was escorted out.

Schumer has been a vocal supporter of Israel, voting to send aid and weaponry to the country during the conflict. But over the last several months, Senate Democrats have broken from him on a handful of occasions, and in growing numbers.

Earlier this year, Senate Democrats showed their slow creep away from Israel following the release of photos of starving children in Gaza.

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Forty Senate Democrats voted to halt arms sales and military bulldozers to Israel as an act of protest against Trump’s war in Iran in April.

The two resolutions from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., combined would have blocked nearly $500 million in arms and equipment sales to Israel. One resolution would have halted the sale of roughly $295 million in Caterpillar bulldozers, while the other would have stopped the sale of nearly $152 million worth of 1,000-pound bombs.

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Meanwhile, despite the disruption, Schumer did get his point across: to announce the push for legislation to create a new anti-corruption agency.

"This bill is the biggest, boldest and broadest proposal ever put forward to revitalize our anti-corruption institutions," Schumer said.