{"id":1714353,"date":"2022-10-28T05:05:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714353"},"modified":"2022-10-28T05:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:05:15","slug":"moderate-matt-castelli-says-hes-serious-about-crime-and-inflation-hes-endorsed-by-a-group-that-calls-those-issues-kinda-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moderate-matt-castelli-says-hes-serious-about-crime-and-inflation-hes-endorsed-by-a-group-that-calls-those-issues-kinda-funny\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Moderate\u2019 Matt Castelli Says He\u2019s Serious About Crime and Inflation. He\u2019s Endorsed by a Group That Calls Those Issues \u2018Kinda Funny.\u2019"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fmoderate-matt-castelli-says-hes-serious-about-crime-and-inflation-hes-endorsed-by-a-group-that-calls-those-issues-kinda-funny%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=1714353&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--><p>Congressional hopeful Matt Castelli (D., N.Y) says he\u2019s a moderate who\u2019s serious about crime, illegal immigration, and inflation. One of his biggest backers is a progressive group that says concerns about those issues are &#8220;actually kinda funny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rensselaer County Women for Change mocked Republicans for caring about those issues in an Oct. 21 email obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon. <\/em>&#8220;It\u2019s actually kinda funny, like checking our 2022 bingo cards. Google your local Republican candidate and yup! There it is! Inflation, crime, and border security.&#8221; Castelli prominently displays the group\u2019s endorsement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.castelliforcongress.com\/endorsements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his campaign website<\/a>\u00a0and relies heavily on their efforts to rally voters.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s endorsement could cause trouble for Castelli, who is seeking to unseat Rep. Elise Stefanik. (R., N.Y.) in New York\u2019s rural 21st Congressional District. Castelli, a former CIA officer who moved to the district from Washington, D.C., just one month prior to launching his campaign, has often been accused of hypocrisy. Castelli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.castelliforcongress.com\/priorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claims<\/a> he supports the Second Amendment and will protect the rights of gun owners, but earlier in October, a Castelli campaign staffer told volunteers in a Zoom call that he is &#8220;for gun control&#8221; and bans on so-called assault rifles, the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/caught-on-video-matt-castelli-says-he-supports-gun-rights-campaign-aides-say-he-is-for-gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the Stefanik campaign said Castelli\u2019s acceptance of the group\u2019s endorsement is disqualifying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our Far Left Downstate Democrat opponent is endorsed by a radical Far Left group that has advocated for gun bans, a disqualifying position in Upstate New York,&#8221; Alex deGrasse, a senior adviser to Stefanik\u2019s campaign, told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;Now this same Far Left group is downplaying the inflation crisis, which is crushing Upstate New York families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rensselaer County Women for Change said the &#8220;actual issues&#8221; on the ballot in November are abortion, democracy, and protections for LGBTQ people. In the Oct. 21 email, the group mocks Republican policy priorities in explicit detail.<\/p>\n<p>On crime, an issue that more than three-quarters of American voters say is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/10\/05\/midterm-voters-crime-guns-00060393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major problem<\/a>, the group said: &#8220;Crime\u2014oh ffs [for fuck\u2019s sake] stop it. The very minute Republicans suggest a plan to get guns, especially assault weapons, off the streets, I will be very interested in hearing their take on how to reduce crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group also claims that the only people who care about illegal immigration are &#8220;border hysteria peeps&#8221; that don\u2019t like black and brown people. But recent <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/a-majority-of-americans-say-the-border-crisis-is-an-invasion-poll-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls<\/a> show that more than half of all Americans, including<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional hopeful Matt Castelli (D., N.Y) says he\u2019s a moderate who\u2019s serious about crime, illegal immigration, and inflation. One of his biggest backers is a progressive group that says concerns about those issues are &#8220;actually kinda funny.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe post \u2018Moderate\u2019 Matt Castelli Says He\u2019s Serious About Crime and Inflation. 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