Fury as Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer shockingly refers to homeless kids as ‘retarded’ children

DEMOCRAT Senator Chuck Schumer has sparked fury after referring to homeless children as "retarded."

The Senate Majority Leader made the remark on Sunday during an interview after he was probed on building public housing.

He said: "I wanted to build when I first was an Assemblyman, they wanted to build a congregate living place for retarded children.

"The whole neighborhood was against it, these are homeless kids. They just needed some help."

Following the comment one Twitter user asked: "Ummm....what??? @chuckschumer, what were you thinking?"

Another wrote: "The party of inclusion."

One Twitter user suggested the comment reflected "the way dems see homeless kids and their families."

Another said: "It shows who he is."

New York lawmaker Schumer had earlier spoken about funding for “mental health services” and “real mental health counseling.”

Schumer was speaking with oneNYCHAtv host Saundrea who asked him about opposition to a building to help the homeless.

She said: "This initiative actually will house the homeless population that is actually living on our streets. We see them every day.

"We’re about to house them, and they’re against it. It’s unbelievable.”

Schumer replied: "Yeah, I mean it’s, I have found that my whole career.

"I wanted to build when I first was an Assemblyman, they wanted to build a congregate living place for retarded children.

"The whole neighborhood was against it, these are homeless kids. They just needed some help."

Schumer had earlier spoken about the need for more mental health services.

He said: "And then there’s one other issue with the homeless crisis, we need more mental health services, a lot of homeless folks have a you know, they have PTSD, because they’re veterans or something like that.

"But if you had some real mental health counseling, you could do some good there too."