Majority Leader Chuck Schumer scowls when asked about SAFER Banking Act

LAZ: I DIDN’T HEAR HIM RESPONDING, DID HE IGNORE YOU OR I JUST DON’T HEAR IT? I LEFT THE ‘Key Schumer:’ PART EMPTY IN CASE I MISSED IT*

*note from intern…they heard correctly…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters in the Senate basement. Photo: Matt Laslo

Who?

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — Senate Majority Leader

LISTEN: Laslo & Schumer

Ask a Pol asks:

When will we see SAFER Banking Act?

Key Schumer: 

Silence.

Sen. Chuck Schumer refused to answer Ask a Pol.

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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chuck Schumer

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — along with his entourage of staffers and security — walking through the Capitol when he asks for an update on the SAFER Banking Act, which has passed the House, even as Schumer’s never let it hit his Senate floor for debate, let alone a vote...

Matt Laslo: “Mr. Leader, when are we gonna see SAFER Banking Act?”

Chuck Schumer: scowls

ML: “Preciate ya.”

Laslo smirks.

Andrey Beregovskiy and Walken Whalen contributed to this report.

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