NY-16: 'We just need a win': The left unites to take down Eliot Engel

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62. Engel: "If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care"

New York Representative Eliot Engel was overheard on a hot mic Tuesday saying that he "wouldn't care" about speaking at an event about recent protests in New York City if he didn't have a primary coming up. His opponent in that primary tells CBSN the comment "captures everything that is wrong with too many in Washington."

Local station News 12 captured Engel, a Democrat, making the comment at a press conference in the Bronx following another night of civil unrest following the death of George Floyd. In a clip posted on Twitter, Engel is seen talking to Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. about whether he'll be able to speak at the event. Diaz is heard telling Engel there's a "list" of planned speakers and there might be too many people.

"If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care," Engel says. When Diaz doesn't hear him, Engel says it again.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eliot-engel-new-york-congressman-hot-mic-primary/