U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not running in the New York suburbs, but she is a campaign issue in one of the Empire State's most competitive congressional districts.
House Republican Leadership PAC is spending millions on TV ads linking Democrat Mondaire Jones to liberal firebrands ocasio-cortez Supporting first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler in the close race for the Lower Hudson Valley's 17th Congressional District.
The 17th Congressional District, which includes Rockland, Putnam and parts of northern Westchester and Dutchess counties, has a significant Jewish population, and its voters could account for 20% to 25% of the vote. . Most of them are fervent supporters of Israel, but Ocasio-Cortez is a staunch critic.
Lawler and the Republican camp argue that Jones and Ocasio-Cortez are too left-wing for the district.
“He's the pride of New York now, Mondaire Jones,” Ocasio-Cortez says in a video clip used in a series of 30-second ads funded by the Congressional Leadership Fund PAC. can be seen.
“AOC is proud of Mondale because they share the same radical policies,” the narrators chimed in.
The clip shows an interview in which Jones says, “We need to end mass incarceration and we need to defund the police.”
“Jones, like AOC, wanted to defund the police,” the narrator says. “He'll do anything to make AOC proud.”
CLF announced that it has set aside $8 million in race spending to support Lawler, and that AOC will be heavily involved in the advertising rotation.
Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan, on the other hand, sees Ocasio-Cortez as an asset to his campaign. She becomes a stumbling block for Ryan in the tumultuous 18th District, where he faces Republican Alison Esposito, a former NYPD lieutenant and commanding officer.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Congressional camp is trying to link Lawler to former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
One 30-second ad displays the following clips President Trump calls Lawler “Great,” he said, slamming the vote against abortion rights.
“Maybe President Trump thinks Mike Lawler is a great guy because he voted to restrict abortion at least 10 times,” the narrator says. “It’s truly spectacular.”
In the ad, Jones' campaign criticized Lawler on health care, opposing lower prescription drug prices for seniors and opposing a ban on insurance companies discriminating against New Yorkers with pre-existing conditions such as cancer and asthma. insisted.
Mr Lawler objected to the advertisement.
