{"id":4310790,"date":"2021-01-22T11:54:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T16:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4310790"},"modified":"2023-03-29T09:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:15:28","slug":"chuck-schumer-erection-insurrection-senate-floor-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/01\/22\/chuck-schumer-erection-insurrection-senate-floor-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Schumer Says \u2018Erection\u2019 Instead Of \u2018Insurrection\u2019 On Senate Floor &#038; No One Can Stop Laughing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Chuck Schumer&#8217;s announcement about the start of the Senate impeachment trial was interrupted by a hilarious gaffe. The Senator accidentally said &#8216;erection&#8217; instead of &#8216;insurrection.&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">Rough day for Senator <strong>Chuck Schumer<\/strong>. The Senator Majority Leader, 70, announced that the House&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/01\/13\/donald-trump-impeached-second-time\/\"  >article of impeachment<\/a> (&#8220;incitement of insurrection&#8221;) will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, January 25, beginning the Senate&#8217;s historic second impeachment trial of former President <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/donald-trump\/\"  ><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>. Unfortunately, Schumer fumbled his televised address from the Senate floor just a little bit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He incited the what? <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T57FrN2X0q\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >pic.twitter.com\/T57FrN2X0q<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">&mdash; Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc (@RexChapman) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RexChapman\/status\/1352641061911470082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >January 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">&#8220;I have <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/01\/21\/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-not-president-thank-god\/\"  >spoken to Speaker Pelosi<\/a> who informed me that the articles will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, &#8220;Schumer stated, started off strong. The Senate will conduct a trial of the impeachment of Donald Trump. It will be a full trial. It will be a fair trial. Make no mistake: there will be a trial, and when that trial ends senators will have to decide that they believe Donald John Trump incited the erection &#8212; <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/01\/06\/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-congress-evacuated-watch\/\"  >insurrection<\/a> &#8212; against the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Oof. Truly, something nobody ever wants to think about. Including Chuck, who basically shuddered when he realized what he said. The response on Twitter was swift and hilarious. &#8220;Trump is a total dick that\u2019s true&#8230; but this is taking it a little too far,&#8221; one Twitter user <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoJoFromJerz\/status\/1352646300903362560\"  target=\"_blank\"  >quipped<\/a>. &#8220;Insurrections that last more than 4 hours should seek impeachment attention immediately,&#8221; another <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianmirmelstein\/status\/1352645058063904769\"  target=\"_blank\"  >joked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4310803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4310803\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4310803 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/chuck-schumer-mistakenly-says-erection-ap-images-embed.jpg?w=620&#038;resize=620%2C413\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4310803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator Chuck Schumer speaks on the Senate floor (AP Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">The Senate impeachment trial will be a historic event. Trump was impeached for the second time on January 13 in a lightning-fast House hearing after he encouraged a violent <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/01\/11\/melania-trump-statement-riot-capitol\/\"  >insurrection<\/a> on the Capitol, where Congress was inside certifying President <strong>Joe Biden<\/strong>&#8216;s electoral win. No other president has been impeached twice. In fact, there have only been four total impeachments in United States history.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Should Trump be convicted in his Senate <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2019\/12\/18\/donald-trump-impeached\/\"  >impeachment trial<\/a> &#8212; another first; no president has ever been convicted &#8212; he will lose privileges bestowed upon former presidents. That includes a lifelong Secret Service detail, a $200,000 yearly pension, and a large travel stipend. He will also be barred from ever running for office again. Key, considering he&#8217;s threatened a 2024 presidential run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Schumer&#8217;s announcement about the start of the Senate impeachment trial was interrupted by a hilarious gaffe. The Senator accidentally said &#8216;erection&#8217; instead of &#8216;insurrection.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10461369,"featured_media":4310808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Chuck Schumer Says 'Erection' Instead Of Insurrection In Senate Speech","mt_seo_description":"Oops. 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