Senators faced mockery on Thursday after they released a video touting their upcoming work in office, promising to be wary of Republicans in the upcoming administration.
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SenateDemocratsreleasedavideoonThursdaytomessagetheirprioritiesaheadofPresident-electDonaldTrumptakingoffice,howeverthevideowasmetwithcriticismforbeingoutoftouchand“cringe.”
Sen.CoryBooker,D-N.J.sharedthevideoonhisXaccountandcaptionedwith,“SenateDemocratsareheretofightforyou.”
Inthevideo,SenateDemocratsspokedirectlytothecamera,promisingtoworkwith“anyone”thatwouldmakelifebetterbutwouldopposePresident-electDonaldTrumpandRepublicansifthey“dothingstohurtyou.”
SeveralDemocraticsenators,whoarefromclosestatesorareupforre-election,werenoticeablyabsentfromthevideo.Sens.JohnFetterman,Pa.,JeanneShaheen,N.H.,MaggieHassan,N.H.,RubenGallego,Ariz.,MarkKelly,Ariz.,JonOssoff,Ga.,GaryPeters,Mich.,ChrisMurphy,Conn.,didnotappearinthevideo.
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