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Chuck Schumer: “Cornyn is a weak candidate. He had 50 million. 70. I think…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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The Conference: The Top with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Published | Video Starts at 04:58

And third, even most, maybe the most surprising and gratifying young people, 18 to 35 turned out in much stronger numbers than anyone ever thought and voted Democratic. So, yes, look, Cornyn is a weak candidate. He had 50 million. 70. I think it's $70 million spent on his behalf and he could barely win a primary. 77 million. Yep. Thank you, Will. Devin, did you count each dollar? Well, Ali Mutnick on our team did count each dollar, actually, yes. (04:58–05:10)

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Asserts that John Cornyn is a weak candidate despite having $70 million spent on his behalf.

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