Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) and Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) teamed up on Wednesday to poke fun at a new ad campaign against New York City progressives as Ocasio-Cortez faces a challenge in the Democratic primary.
The Job Creators Network, a conservative activist group, endorsed Ocasio-Cortez’s primary opponent on a billboard in Times Square, attacking her for being weak on crime and immigration and failing to create jobs.
Ocasio-Cortez scoffed at the campaign, noting that Manhattan isn’t even in her district.
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The billboard is part of a six-figure ad spend by the Job Creators Network to back Wall Street investor Marty Dolan, marking the group’s first time endorsing a Democrat. The New York Post reported..
“AOC is a threat to American small businesses and the American way of life,” Job Creators Network CEO Alfredo Ortiz told the Post. “Her policies are the cause of the crime, immigration and economic crises that are plaguing my constituents in New York and across the country.”
“Democrat Marty Dolan is a much-needed moderate voice that will help small businesses and working families in New York City and beyond,” he added. “New Yorkers who want to reverse and reverse the damage done by AOC should vote for Dolan now.”
Dolan is an unlikely primary challenger to the three-term congressman: She has raised nearly $8 million for her reelection campaign, while Dolan has raised just $80,000, according to federal filings.
