Friday, September 20, 2024

Dem Avlon Wins GOP Backers in Key Long Island Congress Race

Former Republican elected officials including ex-Staten Island Congresswoman Susan Molinari crossed party lines to endorse the Democratic challenger to Representative Nick LaLota in a key US House race on eastern Long Island.

Posted by lamplighter at 12:56 AM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink

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... Their support potentially boosts former CNN political analyst John Avlon's appeal to political moderates in his bid to wrest a seat Democrats see as crucial to winning back the House majority.

Avlon depicted Molinari's and former Congressman Adam Kinzinger's cross-over endorsements " among a group of others who include former Massachusetts GOP Governor William Weld " as reflective of his aim to "rebuild the middle of our politics."

LaLota's campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

LaLota is more conservative than the four other freshmen New York City-region Republicans swept into Congress in the 2022 midterm elections but more moderate than most House Republicans, according to the Lugar Center and Georgetown University. A fifth Republican from a Long Island and Queens area district elected in 2022, George Santos, is no longer in Congress, and that seat is now represented by a Democrat. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-20 12:59 AM

Related?

Why is Trump campaigning in blue New York?
www.politico.com

... Donald Trump complained during his Manhattan hush money trial that being stuck in New York prevented him from campaigning in swing states. But on Wednesday, he's opting to forgo those battlegrounds to rally instead in the blue state he has virtually no chance of winning.

The GOP nominee for president is headed to Long Island, a Republican stronghold that has helped make the state more competitive for his party. And even if the suburbs east of New York City don't pave the path to the White House, they are crucial to determining who controls the House next year. ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-20 01:02 AM

The people of NY have long known just what a sorry excuse for human trump is for a long time.

His full display of racism and hate have been oozing out of his ill fitting suit coupled with his ever increasing dementia incidents.

People are seeing he is rapidly declining mentally. Its only getting worse the more he rages, the more he snorts adderall, the more late night rage tweeting.

America wants better.

Look how desperate he has become...

No tax on social security.
No tax on tips.
Lifting the SALT cap.
All these were republic**t policies designed to hurt the middle class. He has no intention of changing them.

He's flailing.

He had nine years to come up with a health care plan and he has NOTHING.

He was asked about making child care more affordable and he circled into a rambling word salad speech about energy cuts and even more bigger things (huh?) that will magically lower the cost with no plans.

He has no intention of fixing anything for the middle class.

His only two policies is a) staying out of prison and b) more tax cuts for millionaires.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-09-20 07:50 AM

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