New York Daily News

Chuck a bit too excited in speech

- Chelsia Rose Marcius

Speaking on the Senate floor is a hard job.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues Friday they’ll have to decide if ex-President Donald Trump “incited the erection” on the nation, stumbling over the word “insurrecti­on” before quickly correcting himself.

The blunder came as he told other lawmakers the House’s article of impeachmen­t will be sent to the Senate on Monday, initiating the start of Trump’s impeachmen­t trial.

“But make no mistake: there will be a trial and when that trial ends, Senators will have to decide if they believe Donald John — Donald John Trump incited the erection — insurrecti­on — against the United States,” Schumer said.

The comment quickly elicited a number of reactions from Twitter users.

“It was an uprising either way,” one person tweeted. “That will be hard to live down,” another person wrote.

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