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As he delivered a speech to a room of reporters and lawmakers on Jan. 31, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was looking for laughs.
“It’s a very unsettling time here in Congress, as we all know,” Schumer said at an annual press corps dinner. “The House has been in endless chaos. Supreme Court justices ethics are in question. Donald Trump has declared he will return and rule as dictator.”
And then Schumer delivered his punchline: “And apparently, worst of all, I said ZYN shouldn’t be marketed to kids.”