‘Dude Can Actually Carry a Tune’: Chuck Schumer Joins Brooklyn Street Performers to Belt Out ‘New York, New York’

Sarah RumpfMay 23rd, 2021, 10:10 pm
 
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Screenshot via Twitter.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) seems to be having a great weekend, enjoying the local scenery along with many other New Yorkers after the state’s mask rules and business capacity limits were lifted a few days ago. He even joined in with some street performers in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope to sing a classic hit.

Schumer, who’s a Park Slope resident when he’s not in D.C., was captured on bystanders’ cell phones listening to a band called Alice Valentine on a street corner, and he was later invited to come join them.

“Just came upon Chuck Schumer jamming to some live music in Park Slope,” tweeted Shana Knizhnik, a public defender with New York’s Legal Aid Society.

A second video posted by Knizknik showed the senator belting out “New York, New York,” the 1977 movie theme song that reached iconic status after being covered by Frank Sinatra.

“Dude can actually carry a tune,” tweeted Knizhnik.

Alice Valentine posted a video of their collaboration with Schumer on their Instagram page, thanking “our friend/possible new lead singer” for his “consistent support.”

Watch the video above, via Twitter.

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Sarah Rumpf joined Mediaite in 2020 and is a Contributing Editor focusing on politics, law, and the media. A native Floridian, Sarah attended the University of Florida, graduating with a double major in Political Science and German, and earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the UF College of Law. Sarah's writing has been featured at National Review, The Daily Beast, Reason, Law & Crime, Independent Journal Review, Texas Monthly, The Capitolist, Breitbart Texas, Townhall, RedState, The Orlando Sentinel, and the Austin-American Statesman, and her political commentary has led to appearances on the BBC, MSNBC, NewsNation, Fox 35 Orlando, Fox 7 Austin, The Young Turks, The Dean Obeidallah Show, and other television, radio, and podcast programs across the globe.