{"id":1329649,"date":"2022-02-23T00:08:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T05:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1329649"},"modified":"2022-02-23T00:08:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T05:08:23","slug":"democrat-donor-harry-wilson-joins-new-york-governors-race-as-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-donor-harry-wilson-joins-new-york-governors-race-as-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Donor Harry Wilson Joins New York Governor\u2019s Race as Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-donor-harry-wilson-joins-new-york-governors-race-as-republican%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1329649&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/file-photo2010-harry-wilson-ap-photo-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrat donor Harry Wilson officially entered New York\u2019s governor\u2019s race as a Republican after poll-testing not voting for former President Donald Trump in 2020 and donating thousands of dollars to anti-Trump politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur state is totally broken. Rising crime, sky-high taxes, closed schools, corrupt politicians,\u201d Wilson\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarryWilsonNY\/status\/1496113127079002115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0along with a link to a campaign video. \u201cI\u2019ve spent my career turning around failing organizations. Let\u2019s get this done.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m running for Governor to turn around New York. <\/p>\n<p>Our state is totally broken. Rising crime, sky-high taxes, closed schools, corrupt politicians. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve spent my career turning around failing organizations. Let&#8217;s get this done. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RwPrwvR3Aw\">https:\/\/t.co\/RwPrwvR3Aw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harry Wilson (@HarryWilsonNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarryWilsonNY\/status\/1496113127079002115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wilson joins a Republican field of candidates dominated by Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), a four-term congressman who is the GOP\u2019s presumptive nominee. Along with Zeldin, Rudy Giuliani\u2019s son, Andrew Giuliani, and 2014 GOP gubernatorial nominee Rob Astorino are also running for governor.<\/p>\n<p>The eventual Republican nominee will likely face New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), who replaced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) following his resignation amid sexual harassment allegations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Wilson\u2019s entry into the race as a Republican comes as a shock due to his history as a two-time former President Barack Obama appointee. Wilson served on Obama\u2019s Auto Task Force after the 2008 recession and served on the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation\u2019s advisory committee, a controversial agency that monitors pension payments from failed companies.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Breitbart News\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/05\/democrat-donor-considering-running-for-new-york-governor-as-republican-poll-testing-not-voting-for-trump-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that Wilson polled Republican voters on how they felt about a potential candidate who did not vote for Trump in the 2020 presidential election. As part of Wilson\u2019s survey, he reportedly included questions that alluded to his time spent on Obama\u2019s Auto Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>With the New York State Republican Party convention starting next week and the GOP primary taking place in June, Wilson will need to collect signatures from Republican voters to petition to get on the primary ballot.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s governor\u2019s race is not Wilson\u2019s first attempt at a statewide office in New York. Wilson lost his race for New York Comptroller after his Democrat opponent \u201ccontinually\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news\/prior-political-appointment-obama-official-angled-gains-gm-195803135.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slammed<\/a>\u00a0him for his lack of answers to questions about his involvement in the bailout and pension plan restructuring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Wilson\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kpg0fmoeghY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a>\u00a0he \u201ccannot sit by while New York is devastated by career politicians,\u201d he has\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/14\/democrat-donor-worked-obama-bailout-considering-running-new-york-governor-republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated<\/a>\u00a0to multiple Democrat politicians, including Soros-linked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg who reduced certain violent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and instructed prosecutors to reduce charges filed by police officers in some circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Bragg, who\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/20\/politics\/bragg-new-york-trump\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledged<\/a>\u00a0to personally focus on an investigation into former President Donald Trump\u2019s businesses, Wilson\u2019s donor\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/14\/democrat-donor-worked-obama-bailout-considering-running-new-york-governor-republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record<\/a>\u00a0includes Democrat Rep. Jim Himes, who played a prominent role during Trump\u2019s first impeachment, and Gina Raimondo, who currently serves as President Joe Biden\u2019s Secretary of Commerce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat donor Harry Wilson officially entered New York\u2019s governor\u2019s race as a Republican after poll-testing not voting for former President Donald Trump in 2020 and donating thousands of dollars to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1329649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1329649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1329649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1329649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1329649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}