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Chuck Schumer: “In January of 2025, no one thought we had a chance to take…”

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 02:28

If you look at just about every election by election in 2025, Democrats did much better than anyone thought. And just, you know, when we set out In January of 2025, no one thought we had a chance to take back the Senate. And I laid out these three, I laid out three things. Number one, we're going to bring Trump's numbers down below 40, which we talked about for a minute. (02:28–02:34)

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Asserts that in January 2025, it was widely believed Democrats had no chance to regain control of the Senate.

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