Unique | Rep. Marc Molinaro says Dem opponent Josh Riley is even worse than this ex-pol

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Unique | Rep. Marc Molinaro says Dem opponent Josh Riley is even worse than this ex-pol


Andrew Cuomo is the lesser of two evils, freshman Home member Marc Molinaro stated about his present opponent.

The primary-term Republican lawmaker stated Democrat Josh Riley is working an much more dishonest and deceitful marketing campaign for Congress than what he confronted in his 2018 matchup with the disgraced ex-governor.

“On any given day, it’s Josh Riley, on any given day,” stated Molinaro, when requested to check his rivals throughout a gathering with The Submit editorial board.

“I imply the worst that Andrew Cuomo might provide you with is I used to be a mini Trump, which was hilarious on the time, however that is … whole dishonesty. It simply is and I’ve actually by no means seen something prefer it,” he added, pointing particularly to Riley’s claims he’d assist a nationwide abortion ban.

Marc Molinaro says Josh Riley’s assaults are worse than what he confronted throughout his 2018 run in opposition to then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photographs

Molinaro, 49, maintains he doesn’t assist a nationwide ban or any federal motion for that matter.

“I stated this two years in the past, I’d take no motion to assist a nationwide ban,” Molinaro stated in the identical interview.

Molinaro beat Riley in 2022 with 50.8% of the vote — by roughly 4,500 votes.

“They’re working adverts that say I’ll be the deciding vote on a nationwide ban. I don’t know in the event that they don’t know this, however the Home is just about break up 50-50. I already am the deciding vote and I’ve used it to persistently object to any infringement on New York state’s abortion entry,” he continued.

Andrew Cuomo carried nearly 60% of the vote in 2018 in opposition to Molinaro. He resigned three years into his time period after a deluge of scandals. POOL/AFP through Getty Photographs

Even so, Molinaro nonetheless described the ex-gov — who resigned in August 2021 amid a slew of scandals — as “horrible.”

“I might have been completely horrible, you simply wouldn’t have observed it as a result of [Cuomo] was extra horrible,” Molinaro, Dutchess County government on the time, stated of his 2018 run for governor.

Cuomo, 66, whose believed to be mulling a political comeback, clobbered Molinaro in 2018, taking practically 60% of the vote in a blue wave of assist after President Trump’s win in 2016.

“Governor Cuomo ran on his document of getting marriage equality legalized, placing the strongest gun protections and paid household depart legal guidelines within the nation on the books and constructing initiatives beforehand declared not possible, corresponding to the brand new LaGuardia and JFK airports, the Second Avenue subway and the Kosciuszko Bridge, all whereas reducing taxes and reining in spending and because of this bought essentially the most votes of any candidate within the historical past of New York,” Cuomo spokesperson Wealthy Azzopardi wrote in a press release to The Submit. 

Josh Riley misplaced to Molinaro in 2022, however is working once more in a hotly contested rematch. AP

In the meantime. a Riley spokesperson reiterated the candidate’s declare that Molinaro has “voted 13 instances to limit entry to abortion.”

“These are simply info,” the rep stated. “Marc Molinaro’s document speaks for itself,” a rep for Riley stated in a press release to The Submit. “These are simply the info.”

New York’s nineteenth Congressional District is rated by the nonpartisan Cook dinner Political Report as a toss up.


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