Posted on 07/16/2024 11:25:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign from the Senate after a jury in New York convicted him on 16 counts of bribery, extortion and honest services wire fraud.
“In light of this guilty verdict, Sen. Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign,” Schumer said in a statement.
The Democratic leader, however, stopped short of threatening to bring an expulsion resolution to the Senate floor, which could pass with an overwhelming majority given the severity of the crimes.
Menendez is expected to appeal the verdict, according to legal experts. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 29 and faces decades in prison.
Schumer earlier this year declined to call on Menendez to resign, even though more than half the Senate Democratic Conference urged him to step down from office after federal prosecutors accused him of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars and other gifts.
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Bob Gold Bars Menendez
The deal is step aside, let the Deep State pick a replacement, and you’ll get a Pardon for your Federal crimes.
With a nice 10% Vig to the Big Guy, of course.
Easy for him to say because he knows it’s a safe Rat seat.
Fat corrupt libtard toad lol he’s their buddy and they’re running for the hills
If the NJ Governor was a Republican, upChuck would not be calling for him to resign.
I am not so sure that it is a safe seat. Trump may win New Jersey, and a Republican senate candidate could ride his coattails. The last thing Schumer wants is to be seen shielding a corrupt senator out of party loyalty or political expediency. Even though he wants to.
Odd, they need to twist the law to indict Trump, when they have Democrats dead to rights for real crimes.
Bob “Gold Bars” Menendez being called out by Chucky “Raw Hamburger” Schumer.
You can’t make this stuff up, or can I????
Smart to take gold for payment, dumb to take gold bars instead of gold coins.
A lot harder to sell large bars than coins
NJ would be a great place for a DJT campaign stop tomorrow.
Repubs vote no ,l
This crook will be better than who Murphy replaces him with
Drag it out as long as you can
They want um gone so the appointed rat can run as an incumbent
Schumer needs to resign.
Menendez is still on the ballot as an independent which will make it a three way race. I bet he will get 10% of the vote if he stays on the ballot as some low info voters will vote for the guy with a Hispanic name over the Asian name.
Hopefully Menendez continues to stand his ground and runs in November as an independent to siphon off some dem votes and possibly create an outside change of flipping the seat. (Yeah, I am probably reaching on that one)
Don't resign Sen. Menendez!
Hang in there and fight!
Keep embarrassing them.
Make your Dem Senate pals try
to vote you out.
Stay entertaining.
No one says anything about Schumer. He uses his faith as a shield. Notice he is not a devout Jew, he just uses it to escape criticism.
This is what happens to people who **** with Biden.
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