{"id":1484707,"date":"2022-05-19T16:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T20:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484707"},"modified":"2022-05-19T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T20:30:23","slug":"dem-leadership-closes-ranks-to-help-top-member-unseat-young-black-left-winger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-leadership-closes-ranks-to-help-top-member-unseat-young-black-left-winger\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Leadership Closes Ranks To Help Top Member Unseat Young Black Left-Winger"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdem-leadership-closes-ranks-to-help-top-member-unseat-young-black-left-winger%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=1484707&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><\/div>\n<p>Democratic leadership is backing up the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after he received criticism for running in a freshman black colleague\u2019s congressional district, Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/17\/sean-patrick-maloney-mondaire-jones-new-york-redistricting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced he would run<\/a> for the state\u2019s 17th Congressional District\u2019s seat, currently held by freshman left-wing Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones, after the state\u2019s newly proposed congressional map <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/27\/new-york-court-rejects-congressional-map-gerrymandering-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">changed the lines<\/a> of his own district. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/09\/democrats-redistricting-dreams-dust-florida-illinois-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: File: Dems Thought Redistributing Would Save Them In 2022. Here\u2019s How Their Dreams Turned To Dust)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi voiced her support for Maloney amid frustration over the decision, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook-pm\/2022\/05\/19\/the-maloney-mess-gets-messier-00033799?nname=playbook-pm&#038;nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&#038;nrid=57e4eca9-3c59-4dc4-94eb-7c6c211aef02&#038;nlid=964328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. At least a dozen Democratic members of the House have considered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/17\/maloney-dccc-jones-new-york-00033277?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=0b34fe84-ed71-4a96-9b4b-77a80cb8363b&#038;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempting to depose<\/a> Maloney from his role as chair, multiple people familiar with the matter told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a great chairman of the DCCC,\u201d Democratic House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday, Politico reported. \u201cAnd we\u2019re very proud of Sean Patrick Maloney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones, whose current constituents would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/progressives-drag-shameful-dem-leader-as-ny-election-map-chaos-grows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">represent 70%<\/a> of the new 17th district, expressed anger towards Maloney for his decision and for not telling him before making the announcement. He received support from fellow left-wing Democrats, such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, who called Maloney\u2019s decision \u201cterrible\u201d and \u201chypocritical,\u201d Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also particularly shameful as a member of Dem leadership, especially as the leadership of the DCCC, who asks all of us to make sacrifices \u2026 who cannot seem to take his redistricting on the chin,\u201d she told Politico\u2019s Ally Mutnik.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The thinly veiled racism here is profoundly disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>A black man is ideologically ill suited to represent a Westchester County District that he represents presently and won decisively in 2020?<\/p>\n<p>Outrageous. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u56HjKbbO7\">https:\/\/t.co\/u56HjKbbO7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitchieTorres\/status\/1526947497565990912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Allies of Maloney are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSherman\/status\/1526930605245710336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> spreading the message that Jones, a black man, would be a better fit for another district due to his political ideology, which fellow freshman New York Rep. Ritchie Torres called \u201cthinly veiled racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA black man is ideologically ill suited to represent a Westchester County District that he represents presently and won decisively in 2020? Outrageous,\u201d Torres tweeted Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries and other top members of the Congressional Black Caucus asked Torres to \u201cdial it down\u201d and keep frustration over the state\u2019s new lines \u201cwithin the family,\u201d Punchbowl News <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/archive\/5-19-22-punchbowl-news-am\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maloney\u2019s decision could force Jones to campaign in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/13\/cook-political-report-kathy-hochul-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York<\/a>\u2018s 16th Congressional District, represented by Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman, another black congressman, Punchbowl News reported. Jones said he does not plan on making a decision on which district to run in until Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I want to see two new African-American congressmen \u2014 Mondaire Jones and Jamaal Bowman \u2014 lose their seats? Of course not! I don\u2019t want to see representatives who are committed to justice and equality sacrificed,\u201d New York State NAACP chapter president Hazel Dukes <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/18\/ny-democrats-accusing-one-another-of-racism-after-gerrymander-debacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>The offices of Maloney, Jones and Pelosi did not immediately respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic leadership is backing up the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after he received criticism for running in a freshman black colleague\u2019s congressional district, Politico reported.New York Rep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":1484728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1484707","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\/1484707","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\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1484728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}