Sen. Chuck Schumer Reportedly Refusing To Allow Newly-Elected Republican Senator Attend Orientation

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is reportedly not allowing newly-elected Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) to attend Senate orientation for new members.

Although some outlets, such as the Associated Press, declared McCormick the projected winner, Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) has refused to concede.

“I am honored and excited to represent EVERY Pennsylvanian as our next Senator. We are so grateful. Thank you!” McCormick said Thursday evening.

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I am honored and excited to represent EVERY Pennsylvanian as our next Senator.

We are so grateful. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/aFvJcsB6sd

— Dave McCormick (@DaveMcCormickPA) November 8, 2024

“I have dedicated my life to making sure Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard, whether on the floor of the Senate or in a free and fair election. It has been made clear there are more than 100,000 votes still to be counted. Pennsylvania is where our democratic process was born. We must allow that process to play out and ensure that every vote that is eligible to be counted will be counted. That is what Pennsylvania deserves,” Casey Jr. said.

I have dedicated my life to making sure Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard, whether on the floor of the Senate or in a free and fair election. It has been made clear there are more than 100,000 votes still to be counted. Pennsylvania is where our democratic process was born. We…

— Bob Casey Jr. (@Bob_Casey) November 8, 2024

From the Associated Press:

Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tuesday’s election after accusing the incumbent of supporting policies that led to inflation, domestic turmoil and war.

The victory pads Republicans’ majority in the Senate, which they wrested from Democratic control this week, and clocked in as the nation’s second-most expensive race while playing out alongside the presidential contest won by Republican Donald Trump in the nation’s premier battleground state.

McCormick, 59, recaptured a GOP seat in Pennsylvania after Republicans lost one in 2022, paying off a bet that party brass made when they urged McCormick to run and consolidated support behind him.

In an interview on Fox News shortly after The Associated Press called the race Thursday, the Trump-endorsed McCormick said “people want change.”

Multiple Republican senators said Schumer is refusing to let McCormick attend new-senator orientation since his opponent has not conceded the race.

New: Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is not allowing Senator-elect Dave McCormick to participate in Senate orientation this week because Bob Casey has not conceded the race.

Is Chuck Schumer undermining Democracy? pic.twitter.com/1xNj8Lr8no

— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) November 10, 2024

“Dave McCormick is the senator-elect & @SenSchumer’s move to not allow him to participate in orientation this week is disgusting. They did the same thing to me after I beat a Democrat in 2018. We have to fight this! AP called it. Dave won, Casey must concede NOW,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said.

Dave McCormick is the senator-elect & @SenSchumer’s move to not allow him to participate in orientation this week is disgusting. They did the same thing to me after I beat a Democrat in 2018. We have to fight this!

AP called it. Dave won, Casey must concede NOW.

— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) November 10, 2024

“I can’t think of another time when a senator-elect has been excluded from the Senate’s week-long orientation for new senators—which is set to occur this week,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) commented.

.@SenSchumer, let @DaveMcCormickPA into new-member orientation!

I can’t think of another time when a senator-elect has been excluded from the Senate’s week-long orientation for new senators—which is set to occur this week https://t.co/UXxaaFU21R

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) November 10, 2024

Lee offered to escort McCormick into the U.S. Capitol for new-senator orientation.

“I’m willing to personally escort @DaveMcCormickPA into the Capitol for new-senator orientation. I’d like to see how they’d keep him out if he literally walked into ‘the room where it happens,’” Lee said.

I’m willing to personally escort @DaveMcCormickPA into the Capitol for new-senator orientation

I’d like to see how they’d keep him out if he literally walked into “the room where it happens” https://t.co/6grLl0eUcf

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) November 10, 2024

Meanwhile, Democrat election lawyers are allegedly attempting to overturn the results in Pennsylvania’s Senate race.

Shady Dem lawyer behind Steele Dossier looking to overturn Pennsylvania Senate results https://t.co/rmBBKCb2qB pic.twitter.com/AT6fbmBO3i

— New York Post (@nypost) November 9, 2024

The New York Post reports:

A shady Democratic attorney who once loudly attacked President-elect Trump’s refusal to accept the 2020 presidential results is now at the heart of a desperate legal effort to snatch Pennsylvania’s Senate race away from its rightful winner — Republican Dave McCormick, campaign insiders say.

Marc Elias, a longtime Democratic election attorney and dirty trickster, is attempting to force the Pennsylvania Senate race into a recount, even though it was called for McCormick by the Associated Press on Thursday, with even the state’s most liberal news outlets echoing the call since.

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Despite the race being called, incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey has refused to concede — blasting out a fundraising email Saturday urging supporters to pony up and make sure “every last vote in this PA Senate race is counted.”

The keystone state requires an automatic recount if the margin of victory is less than 0.5%. With 99% of the ballots counted, McCormick leads Casey by more than 41,000 votes — just above the threshold triggering such a count.

Even if a recount takes place it is unlikely that Casey will be able to find enough votes to change the outcome — but the legal fight could leave state taxpayers on the hook for a seven-figure bill.

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