On election night, Sen. Chuck Schumer tells a rally that "against all odds, we Democrats have won the Senate," with a five-word message: "Relief is on the way." He says Democrats won by listening to families who told them about "cost above all, chaos and corruption."
The receipt
- Who
- Sen. Chuck Schumer
- Where
- rally - election night
- Original footage
- PBS NewsHour · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 56 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
Now, against all odds, we Democrats have won the Senate and we have five words for the American people. Relief is on the way. When I first talked about taking back the Senate it in 2025, people rolled their eyes. They said it couldn't be done. How did we win? First and foremost, we focused on American families and their pain and their needs. They're suffering. They're not having a good life. And they're worried about the future for themselves and their children. And we focused on what they needed and what they wanted and what they asked for. we listened to them and they talked about cost above all chaos and corruption.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.