Ex-CNN anchor John Avlon announces Congress run to defeat ‘Maga minions’
Journalist seeks to flip Long Island seat as a Democrat to build ‘broadest possible coalition to defeat Donald Trump’
Avlon included the incumbent congressman in the first district, the Republican Nick LaLota, among those “minions”, who he said were “doing whatever Trump wants, including blocking a bipartisan border security deal” – a reference to a successful move by Senate Republicans earlier this month, while their House counterparts refuse to pass a foreign aid bill that does not also include a border element.
LaLota is one of a number of New York Republicans who won in 2022 in districts where Joe Biden beat Trump in 2020.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 11, 2024 7:51 AM
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LaLota’s spokesperson, Will Kiley, previewed Republican attack lines, calling Avlon “a Manhattan elitist without any attachments to Long Island other than his summer home in the Hamptons”, who knew “nothing about Suffolk county other than Sag Harbor croquet matches and summer cocktail parties in Bridgehampton”.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 6, 2024 11:46 AM
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Bump for original thread.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 10, 2024 8:31 PM
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Thanks for the breaking news.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 10, 2024 8:41 PM
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I knew him many years ago, before he was famous. He always struck me as a overly confident rehearsed wind up doll. Like if he were better looking he'd have a job doing TV commercials all excited and about kitchen cleaning products.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 10, 2024 9:30 PM
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And BTW, Avlon and his entire family are/were REPUBLICANS.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 10, 2024 9:32 PM
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R5, yeah, and he's married to a Republican -- Margaret Hoover -- great-granddaughter of Herbert Hoover. She may be a moderate Republican, but still.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 11, 2024 7:51 AM
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