The Democratic leader in the Senate discussed with the president the electoral situation in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia
US President Joe Biden and Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer they spoke this Thursday about the legislative elections of November 8 without realizing that there was a microphone on. Schumer commented on specific electoral battles in Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia in a conversation with Biden as he arrived at a military base in Syracuse, New York, where the president was to deliver a speech.
As one of the senators from New York state, Schumer met Biden upon his arrival and spoke with him for a few minutes on the tarmac. The two spoke away from the press, but a microphone that had been left on recorded the sound of the conversation. The conservative network Fox News broadcast the images.
“We are in danger for that seat,” Schumer is heard saying, who then shrugs his shoulders and does not specify which electoral battle he is referring to or in which state. Gesturing with his hands, he keeps talking, saying, “Looks like the debate in Pennsylvania didn’t hurt us too much so far, so that’s good.” Schumer was referring to the debate between the Democratic candidate for the Senate in Pennsylvania, John Fetterman, and the Republican Mehmet Oz, popularly known as Dr. Oz. Fetterman suffered a stroke just before winning the Democratic primary and has hearing and speech problems, which made it more difficult for him to respond to Oz’s constant attacks during the debate. When Biden heard that the debate, in Schumer’s opinion, went better than expected, he responded by crossing his fingers and showing them to the Democratic leader.
Schumer went on to say that Democrats are “gathering strength in Nevada,” referring to Catherine Cortez Masto, the first Latina US senator and facing a difficult re-election campaign against Republican Adam Laxalt. In the face of optimism in Nevada, Schumer offers a bleak picture of Georgia: “The state we’re going downhill in is Georgia. It’s hard to believe (voters) are going with Herschel Walker,” the Republican challenger who wants to take the job from Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Whether Schumer’s comments will have an impact on the campaigns of candidates from Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia remains to be seen. As soon as the video was made public, the conservative network Fox News placed it in the center of its website with the phrase: “We are in danger” that Schumer had pronounced.