Schumer: Senate Hearing on Election ‘Irregularities’ Should Be Canceled

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 8, 2020. Win McNamee/Getty Images

The first scheduled congressional hearing on election “irregularities” should be canceled, the top Democrat in the Senate said on Thursday.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, announced the Dec. 16 hearing this week.