Chuck Schumer’s unfortunate way with words gets him the wrong kind of attention

Senator Chuck Schumer got attention for all the wrong reasons during remarks about President Donald Trump’s federal loan freeze.

In an unfortunate choice of words, the Senate Minority Leader complained that the federal grant freeze had “aroused” many Americans, setting off social media reactions that expressed shock and disgust.

The major gaffe occurred during Schumer’s press conference on a memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget which was later rescinded.

“You talk about these different organizations and people in New York reaching out to you, and you’ve encouraged them to obviously keep up this effort and to possibly contact the president in any way, shape, or form,” a reporter asked the senator. “But do you realistically think that the president is going to listen to many of these people in upstate New York who are struggling?”

“The roots of democracy are deep. And what we’re saying is, go to your local official, your local congressman, your local senator, and have them get to the president,” Schumer replied. “But the roots of democracy are deep.”

“People are aroused. I haven’t seen people so aroused in a very, very long time in terms of going, trying to get this done,” Schumer added.

The poor word choice left many X users aghast and triggered reminders about the 74-year-old senator’s slip of the tongue back in 2021 when he accused Trump of having “incited the erection” at the US Capitol on January 6.

Not only did X users have a visceral reaction to Schiumer’s use of the word “aroused,” they also found Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray’s expression very entertaining.

“One of the words Chuck Schumer should NEVER utter is ‘aroused,'” noted columnist Brad Slager on X.

“Calm down, Chuck,” one user posted.

“Nobody wants to hear you say that word. Ever again,” posted another.

Frieda Powers

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