There’s a primary contest in New York on Tuesday that either way it comes out is going to be a benefit to Republicans.
New York’s districts were redrawn and now, two Democratic House leaders in New York are competing against one another in the 12th District. They are Rep. Jerry Nadler (Chair) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (Senator). Nadler chairs the House Judiciary Committee while Maloney chaires the House Oversight Committee.
FiveThirtyEight believes Maloney is her favorite since this was her first district. They do mention that Maloney almost lost the primary to Suraj Patel, who is running in this primary.
But it’s not looking good for Nadler who hasn’t had to face any real challenge in years and Maloney isn’t holding back on him. He was even mentioned in an editorial by the NY Post.
“I think that you should read the editorial in the NY Post today. They refer to him as senile. They cite his performance at the debate where he couldn’t even remember who he impeached. He said he impeached Bush.” – Rep. Carolyn Maloney on Rep. Jerry Nadler, ahead of Tuesday’s primary pic.twitter.com/NSD0EyzoFp
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) August 21, 2022
“They call him senile,” the 76-year-old Maloney told reporters on Saturday. “They cite his performance at the debate where he couldn’t even remember who he impeached. He said he impeached Bush.”
In the editorial that Maloney was referring to, the paper noted: “In NY-12, combining Manhattan’s Upper East and West sides, Rep. Jerry Nadler exposed himself as this close to senile in that epic NY1 debate, though his bungling of Trump impeachment hearings (Speaker Nancy Pelosi eventually steered later proceedings away from his Judiciary Committee as a result) provided earlier signs. And don’t forget his Acela phone call where he got recorded discussing his secret-oops impeachment plans! Fact is, this is his first real race in decades: He may have been losing it for years.”
Now that’s an honest take but you’d never get that if she wasn’t running against him. It’s delicious to see left taking up the left and being honest.
It was the moment during the NY-10 debate when they were asked if Biden should run again. Patel said yes, Nadler gave the craven, political answer that he wasn’t going to say, and Maloney gave the honest but not advantageous answer that she didn’t think he was running again.
“Should President Biden again run in 2024?”
Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler: It’s “too early to predict.”
Democrat Rep. Carolyn Maloney says, “I don’t believe he’s running for reelection.”
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 3, 2022
Then she tried to clean it up saying she wanted him to run again and that he was a “great president.” So she blew the honest take and talk about being out of touch.
Carolyn Maloney apologizes to Biden for saying he won’t run:
“I want you to run. While I don’t think you will run, I know you’ll run if and when you do. It was well deserved. You are a great president and thank you for everything.”pic.twitter.com/yRuNIiRTkN
— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) August 4, 2022
Either way one of them is out and it’s looking like Nadler is probably the one who is going to get the boot. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy. He is the most deserving of all the House Democrats. Not just because of his radical positions and his chairing of the impeachment, but because he’s another one of the Democrats who often seems incoherent.
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