Posted on 06/03/2020 1:16:05 PM PDT by simpson96
(CNN) — Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel was caught on a hot mic at a news conference on Tuesday following civil unrest in New York City, appearing to tell another speaker that he only wanted to speak because of his primary race.
In the video, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. appears to be telling Engel, the Democratic chairman of the influential House Foreign Affairs Committee, that he has a list of other people who need to speak regarding civil unrest that took place in the borough the previous day.
Diaz told Engel appreciates the congressman being there. Engel is then heard saying, "if I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care."
Diaz quickly rebuked Engel, telling him, "Don't do that to me. We're not gonna do this. We're not politicizing. Everybody's got a primary, you know. I'm sorry."
NY1 reporter Emily Ngo tweeted video of the incident Tuesday, and other local news outlets also played the clip. Engel faces a primary election on June 23.
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That should get him some votes...
Yo, black voters, this is what ALL demonicRATS think. This is how much they value you.
It’s that time of year again huh?
The only reason we’re hearing about this is they have another AOC type radical they want to put in there.
As far as demonicRAT politicians are concerned, you are a bunch of Cindy Sheehans? Remember her? Yeah, she ended up in a ditch. Literally.
It will disappear. The reporter will get fired. She must not have gotten the memo.
Democrats like him caused their party to get so radical.
Black lives only matter for votes for a Democrat so we go through this sh*tstorm every four years. Why in the hell do they not care?
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