Pathetic figures do not always evoke sympathy. Sometimes, they simply remain pathetic.
In an interview Tuesday on “CBS Mornings,” a desperate-sounding Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York made the case for why he should remain Senate minority leader.
At one point, co-host Gayle King, who sounded unpersuaded, interrupted Schumer.
“Senator, people don’t have faith in the Democrats,” King said in a video posted to YouTube.
Indeed, a CNN poll published on Sunday showed that Democrats have hit a record-low 29 percent approval rating. [graf 18]
Of course, a stammering Schumer did not want to hear about it.
“Well, well, let me say this,” the senator replied, before continuing his train of thought.
To her credit, King helped launch Schumer’s sorry monologue earlier in the
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