PJM:
Observing New York politics is a lot of fun. Even if you’re rooting for the other side, you can still get a kick out of your opponents’ infighting.
In New York, that means Democrats. Republicans are the undercard in this fight and are actually kind of boring anyway. It’s the Democrats who spill the blood and make politics so interesting to watch.
Today’s cage match features first-term Congressman Max Rose vs. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Rose’s GOP challenger in 2020, Nicole Malliotakis. Rose eked out a narrow victory in 2018 over GOP incumbent Dan Donovan and is fighting to hold what should be a Republican seat. The 11th District encompasses a large part of Staten Island — Trump country in New York. So criticizing the most powerful Democratic politician in the region isn’t as crazy as it might sound.
De Blasio has become wildly unpopular in recent months, what with riots, a bafflingly stupid initial response to the virus when he closed businesses but kept the subway running, and a Don Quixote-like run for president. But this is pretty harsh. read more here
At this juncture, he was being as accurate as he could be.
So DeCommio’s spokesman had to go back to the Civil War to find a contender for worst mayor ever? That is sad.