Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was heckled when he said Democrats “are fighting as hard as we can to protect Americans.”
“You ain’t doing s—!” one heckler said, adding, “Stop lying to the people!”
Hecker 1: “Jesus saves! Jesus saves!”
Heckler 2: “Stop lying to the people!”
Heckler 1: “Jesus loves you guys!”
Chuck Schumer: “Thank you.” pic.twitter.com/YY4pCbiOgf
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) September 22, 2020
The heckling came as Schumer held a press conference on Tuesday concerning the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and President Trump saying he will nominate her replacement this weekend.
“Senate Republicans in this administration have demonstrated they can’t be trusted to protect the American people,” Schumer said. “That’s why Sen. [Patty] Murray and I introduced the Stop Act to establish essential oversight of the coronavirus response. The bill would create a task force to report to the public when politics are behind COVID response decisions rather than Republicans just letting scientists doing their work. You’ll hear more about that from Sen. Murray, but we Democrats are fighting as we hard as we can to protect Americans. And we need Americans to…”
Another heckler was also heard saying, “Jesus saves!” and “Jesus loves you!” to which Schumer said, “Thank you.”
Trump is slated to make his Supreme Court nominee announcement on Saturday evening, following Ginsburg’s funeral proceedings.
