Schumer invites McCormick, Gallego to Senate orientation [View all]
Source: The Hill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has invited Pennsylvania Republican David McCormick and Arizona Sen.-elect Ruben Gallego (D) to the Senate orientation this week after initially not extending an invitation to either due to uncounted ballots in both races.
Schumer’s decision to exclude McCormick was contentious because The Associated Press had declared him the winner in the Pennsylvania Senate race days ago. Republican strategists argued that Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) had no viable path to erasing his opponent’s 35,000-vote advantage.
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Schumer had come under growing pressure since Sunday to invite both McCormick and Gallego to the orientation.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) noted in a post on the social platform X that she attended her Senate orientation in 2018 even though her race wasn’t called for nearly a week.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4985518-schumer-mccormick-gallego-senate-orientation/
Both sides were acting childishly... I suppose it's better this way.
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