Mandate foe Maud Maron hoping for AOC-like defeat of NY Rep. Carolyn MaloneyBy Carl Campanile
February 15, 2022
This could be an AOC-like surprise — from the right.
Veteran Manhattan Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney may face her toughest Democratic primary challenge not from the progressive left but from the moderate-right flank of her party — in the form of anti-mask-mandate mom Maud Maron.
Maron says the mask mandates and other restrictions have unnecessarily hindered New York’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as stifled kids.
But that’s not the only reason she’s running. Maron also says Maloney and other establishment Democrats have cowered to the far-left.
Case in point: socialist firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was an outspoken opponent of Amazon opening a headquarters along the Queens waterfront while, she said, Maloney was a more low-key supporter.
“AOC won. Everyone was silent and AOC chased Amazon out of town. The older Democrats have fear of `The Squad,'” Maud said, referring to Democratic socialist Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive comrades in the House of Representatives — Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley.
Ocasio-Cortez rocked the Democratic political establishment when she handily defeated veteran congressman and Queens Democratic leader Joe Crowley in the 2018 primary in the 14th Congressional District. The stunning upset, fueled by a surge of younger, progressive voters, turned AOC into a household name and the new face of the democratic socialist movement.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/02/15/maud-maron-hoping-for-aoc-like-defeat-of-rep-carolyn-maloney/
