Stefanik endorses Schumer’s challenger for Senate

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., endorsed Republican Joe Pinion for New York’s U.S. Senate seat in his bid to defeat Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in November and to retire the longtime politician from Congress. 

“I’m proud to endorse Joe Pinion for U.S. Senate in my house state of New York,” Stefanik mentioned in an unique assertion to Fox Information Digital. “For twenty-four years, Chuck Schumer has been on the fallacious aspect of virtually each main problem plaguing New Yorkers and Individuals alike.”

Pinion, an entrepreneur and former TV anchor on Newsmax, earned the assist of New York Republicans final week on the state occasion conference. That made Pinion the primary Black candidate nominated by both main occasion for the U.S. Senate in New York, Stefanik famous.

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“Joe Pinion brings contemporary concepts and a renewed perspective to a state crying out for a brand new technology of vibrant, principled, conservative management within the U.S. Senate,” Stefanik mentioned. 

Stefanik is the No. 3 Home Republican. 

Home Republican Convention Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., attends a information convention within the Capitol Customer Heart after a gathering of the convention on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. 
(Tom Williams )

Schumer is working for a fifth time period within the U.S. Senate. He began in Washington in 1981 as a congressman and has risen by way of the ranks to turn out to be essentially the most highly effective man within the Senate. 

Whereas New York is a conventional stronghold for Democrats, each Stefanik and Pinion hope Republicans will make inroads this November primarily based on President Biden’s low approval ranking and the brand new perspective Pinion can provide. A current Siena Faculty ballot discovered 47% of registered New York voters had a positive opinion of Schumer. 

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“Senator Schumer has by no means been extra weak to defeat, and our occasion has by no means fielded a candidate extra succesful in that quest than Joe Pinion. Joe has the abilities and imaginative and prescient essential to articulate the the reason why Chuck Schumer can not be trusted to signify the folks of New York,” Stefanik mentioned. 

Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer of New York speaks throughout a information convention on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.
(AP Photograph/Susan Walsh)

Pinion mentioned he was “honored” to obtain Stefanik’s assist and predicted he’ll be at some point working along with her to assist New Yorkers.

“I’m grateful for Elise’s friendship, her counsel, and I stay up for working alongside her to push again in opposition to Democrat one-party rule as we work to battle for the forgotten center class, break the again of presidency sanction neglect, and construct an America that works for ‘We The Folks’ as soon as once more,” Pinion mentioned in an announcement.  

A Schumer spokesperson declined to remark.