Campaign Spokesperson For Democratic NYC Congressman: You Know, Our Republican Opponent Sure Takes In A Lot Of "Jewish Money"

Republican challenger Mike Grimm had a good fundraising quarter, so the campaign of Democratic Congressman Mike McMahon decided to highlight how much came in from out of the district.

Seems simple enough, right? Sometimes it's the easy stuff that trips you up.

But in an effort to show that Grimm lacks support among voters in the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, the McMahon campaign compiled a list of Jewish donors to Grimm and provided it to The Politicker.

The file, labeled "Grimm Jewish Money Q2," for the second quarter fundraising period, shows a list of over 80 names, a half-dozen of which in fact do hail from Staten Island, and a handful of others that list Brooklyn as home.

"Where is Grimm's money coming from," said Jennifer Nelson, McMahon's campaign spokesman. "There is a lot of Jewish money, a lot of money from people in Florida and Manhattan, retirees."

Yeah, that didn't go well.

The McMahon campaign fired the aide and wants people to know the Congressman is sorry. They'd also like everyone to know that his donor list is Judenfrei.

I may have made that second part up. Who is to say?

McMahon by the way is the guy who replaced long time Congressman Vito Fossella when the latter was charged with DUI. Oh and for having a girlfriend and child in DC. The main problem with the girlfriend and child was he had a wife and kids back on Staten Island.

For awhile this seat was pretty much the only inroad the GOP had at the federal level in NYC. Looks like there's a good shot of them getting it back this year.

Via Jim Geraghty.

posted by DrewM. at 08:26 PM

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