Politics

Schumer and Pelosi managed to draw more viewers than Trump

President Trump’s primetime address on immigration Tuesday night drew a big audience — but the Democratic response by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Hღouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi dealt him a ratings blow.

The nine-minute speech from the Ov🐠al Office drew 🌼a combined 28.1 household rating in metered markets on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, Fox News and NBC, .

The following quarter-hour, including analysis and the Pelosi-Schumer rebuttal, averaged 🐭29.3 across the same networks, a bump of about 4 percent.

Complete ratings for Trump’s speech and response will be av🌠ai𒆙lable later in the day.

CBS had the largest audience among the broadcast networks for the speech and rebuttal, with just over 8 million tun꧅ing in, pending updates.

NBC drew 7 million, ABC 4.4𓂃3 million and Fox 2.56 million.

Mea༒nwhile, the double act by Pelosi 💦and Schumer from the Capitol crushed Trump by 26 percent on CNN and 15 percent on MSNBC, .

The two Democrats, who stood side by side awkwardly to deliver their response, were widely mocked online, with some comparing them to the creepy twins from the horror flick “The Shining” and to the farm cou🌠ple in the famous pain♒ting “American Gothic.”

And in another blow to the ratings-obsessed president, his speech and the Democrats’ r✱esponse were perfectly matched on Fox News Channel ꦦ— his favorite network.