Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer was ridiculed on Friday for an unfortunate gaffe he made while criticizing former President Donald Trump’s supposed influence on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But Schumer’s error was conveniently edited out in a clip that aired Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”
Schumer was discussing plans to move forward with an impeachment trial of Trump, after the House last week voted to impeach the ex-president for “incitement of insurrection.”
It was then that Schumer made a somewhat phallic flub.
“Make no mistake, there will be a trial and when that trial ends, senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Trump incited the erection…insurrection against the United States,” Schumer said, visibly wincing.
When ABC’s “This Week” re-aired the segment, Schumer’s gaffe was noticeably absent.
The transcript of Schumer’s speech now read: “Senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John Trump incited t… (Read more)
During the intro to “This Week,” ABC used some editing magic to fix Schumer’s phallic flub pic.twitter.com/eLywGsvZNR
— Vince Coglianese (@VinceCoglianese) January 24, 2021
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