Democrats Slam GOP for ‘Bigotry’ and ‘Fear Mongering’ in Grimm Fundraising Email
Jillian Jorgensen
The chairs of the Brooklyn and Staten Island Democratic parties today slammed a Staten Island GOP official for what they called “outrageous bigotry” in a fundraising email sent yesterday on behalf of Congressman Michael Grimm.
The email, from Staten Island GOP Vice Chair Bill D’Ambrosio, said Democratic challenger Domenic M. Recchia Jr. would rely on “votes from Brooklyn housing projects” and if he won, that he would “pay back these votes, and surely build low-income housing in our neighborhoods.”
Kings County Democratic Chair Frank Seddio and his Richmond County counterpart John Gulino slammed those comments as bigoted fear-mongering.
“We call on Congressman Grimm to denounce the outrageous bigotry demonstrated by GOP Deputy Bill D’Ambrosio,” Mr. Seddio said in a statement. “I cannot believe that 50 years after we passed the Civil Rights Act, we still have people like D’Ambrosio who will use bigotry and base fear mongering to solicit money and votes. There is no place for this contemptible language in this campaign.”
Read more at http://observer.com/2014/07/democrats-slam-gop-for-bigotry-and-fear-mongering-in-grimm-fundraising-e-mail/#ixzz376Uim3rR
