Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel caught on hot mic amid unrest: 'If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't c

[RandySF]

Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat facing a tough primary challenge and questions about his absence from his district, was caught on a hot mic at a district event responding to unrest saying twice that he only wanted press coverage because of an electoral threat.

“If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care,” Engel said to Ruben Diaz Jr., the Bronx borough president, at a Tuesday press conference responding to unrest and vandalism in his district related to the recent death of George Floyd.

Diaz worried about having too many elected officials speak, but Engel pleaded with him for coverage.

“I cannot have all the electeds talk because we will never get out of here,” Diaz said.

The moment was captured on a hot mic by a local television station and quickly went viral in a tweet that has nearly 1 million views as of Tuesday evening.




https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democratic-rep-eliot-engel-caught-hot-mic-amid-unrest-if-n1222696?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Then get the fuck out of our government if you dont care about murdering people

[Budi]

2. What was the rest of the conversation? This is a snippet of part of it.

Someone's running against Engel & it appears to be their usual m.o. to swiftboat.
Considering Engel's challenger has Zero of his own creds to run on.