It is sad and disappointing that my opponent has chosen to degrade his desperate campaign to this level.... At a community meeting last week, my opponent injected racial division into this campaign and out-and-out LIED by claiming that my Michael Grimm does not have one minority on his staff... The Observer obtained audio of Mr. Recchia, a Democrat and former Brooklyn councilman, addressing the Muslim Democratic Club of New York in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. In the recording, Mr. Recchia can be heard...claiming Mr. Grimm, a Republican, has no non-white people on his staff. Not that these shameful lies and race-baiting tactics are even worthy of a response, but for my opponents information, one-third of my hardworking district staff is made up of minority members of our community. This is exactly the type of toxic rhetoric that is degrading our political process. The people of Staten Island and Brooklyn deserve better, and my opponent should immediately apologize for these ignorant remarks that have no absolutely no place in our community. And what did my opponent have to say for his shameful, false comments? Mr. Recchia’s camp declined to comment.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:36:05 +0000
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