NY GOP: We’ve got new weapon against Dems that could be better than even cashless-bail reformsBy Carl Campanile
August 20, 2023
New York Republicans believe they have a powerful new weapon that might be even more successful against Democrats in upcoming elections than the state’s anti-bail-reform outrage in 2022: the migrant crisis.
GOP strategists said the potency of the migrant issue is analogous to how local Republicans bludgeoned Dems for approving the New York’s widely criticized cashless bail law — enabling the Grand Old Party to win key House seats in last fall’s elections and nearly scoring the governorship and spurring a red wave in in the suburbs.
The people in charge who are fumbling the migrant crisis are all Democrats — President Biden, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams along with New York Sens. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic majority leader, and Kirsten Gillibrand, GOP insiders said.
Even some Democrats agree the crisis is a red flag for their party’s candidates.
“There is clear political trouble for Democrats if the state remains in operational disarray on this migrant issue,” said former Rep. Max Rose, who represented Staten Island and southern Brooklyn before being ousted at least partly over criminal-justice issues.
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https://nypost.com/2023/08/20/ny-gop-weve-got-new-weapon-against-dems-that-could-be-better-than-even-cashless-bail-reforms/
