OAN Staff Avril Elfie
6:04 PM – Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has invited Republican Sen.-elect Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania) and Democratic Sen.-elect Ruben Gallego (Arizona) to the new U.S. Senate orientation.
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A spokesperson for Schumer said. fox news It was then officially announced that Ruben Gallego and David McCormick have been invited to attend orientation.
But Schumer initially said he would not invite McCormick to his orientation because the Republican had not yet been declared the winner. Nevertheless, this Associated Press (AP) Last Thursday, he called a race in favor of incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, who is in his third term.
of AP The race was called at 4:09 p.m. Thursday, with McCormick leading by more than 30,000 votes. of AP He said there weren't enough votes in Casey-supporting areas to make up the difference.
For the first time on Monday night, AP announced Gallego's Senate victory over Republican Kari Lake. After the final Senate race was called, Republicans had a 53-47 majority.
Gallego will replace former Democratic independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
Casey has yet to concede in the Pennsylvania race. As of Tuesday morning, Mr. McCormick had a lead of 35,063 votes over Mr. Casey, according to Pennsylvania's election results website.
A representative for Schumer reiterated: fox news digital McCormick said at the time that he was not invited because the contest was “undecided” and there were still “more than 100,000 votes left to be counted” in Pennsylvania's Senate race, echoing Schumer's claims. did.
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