WASHINGTON – Wheelchair-bound pornographer Larry Flynt wants to help Democrats take back the Senate – but Sen. Chuck Schumer has rejected his offer.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, chaired by Schumer (D-N.Y.), recently returned a $2,500 personal check that Flynt, the publisher of the XXX-rated Hustler magazine, sent to the campaign organization.

Asked about the check’s return, Flynt said through his spokeswoman, “I’ve been a Democrat all my life, but I’m considering switching to another party.”

Flynt continued, “My heart is with the Democratic Party, but I’m tired of their paranoia. I am not asking them to endorse what I do. I’m just asking that they take my money and use it for their party’s needs.”

The spokeswoman, who said Flynt was “annoyed” by the rejection, said he has been making small contributions to the Republicans for 20 years, “so that he can read their literature and keep up with their platform.”

The DSCC had no comment.

This isn’t the first time Democrats have refused Flynt’s generosity.

In 2002, former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo returned a $2,500 contribution from Flynt after the publisher organized a Los Angeles fund-raiser for Cuomo’s New York gubernatorial campaign.