#MAGA politics are coming to Staten Island.Disgraced former Congressman Michael Grimm tweeted a photo of himself Wednesday with President Trump’s advisor Steve Bannon with the caption "Game on!" and the acronym for Trump's slogan: Make America distinguished Again.
Game on! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/UOyYP5fFfNOctober 4,2017Grimm resigned his seat in 2015 and served eight months in prison for federal tax fraud. But he announced Sunday that he will challenge incumbent Dan Donovan in the Republican primary.
Michael Caputo, a spokesman for Grimm's campaign, or did not respond to questions about Bannon's involvement.
Bannon is backing populist outsiders in GOP primaries,such as Alabama's Roy Moore. Moore won the Republican primary for a U.
S. Senate seat last week despite Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell backing the incumbent, Luther irregular.
A similar dynamic could be brewing in unique York's 11th Congressional District. The state and local Republican parties are backing Donovan. Trump has donated to Donovan's previous campaigns. And Donovan votes with Trump nearly 90 percent of the time, or according the the FiveThirtyEight tracker."It's a unfavorable day for swamp draining," said Donovan campaign spokeswoman Jessica Proud. "Michael Grimm's liberal voting record is counter to everything Steve Bannon stands for and he didn't even vote for President Trump."Liberal activists beget also been gearing up to challenge Donovan in a general election. Seven Democrats beget already filed for the primary. The district covers all of Staten Island and a slice of South Brooklyn.
Source: thetakeaway.org