{"id":996269,"date":"2021-11-10T21:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T02:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=996269"},"modified":"2021-11-10T21:43:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T02:43:40","slug":"exclusive-rep-claudia-tenney-new-democrat-congressional-challenger-josh-riley-definition-of-d-c-swamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-claudia-tenney-new-democrat-congressional-challenger-josh-riley-definition-of-d-c-swamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014 Rep. Claudia Tenney: New Democrat Congressional Challenger Josh Riley \u2018Definition of D.C. Swamp&#039;"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fexclusive-rep-claudia-tenney-new-democrat-congressional-challenger-josh-riley-definition-of-d-c-swamp%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=996269&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 class=\"subheading\"><span>In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News following Democrat Josh Riley\u2019s Tuesday morning announcement of his plans to run for Congress in a bid to unseat GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney (NY-22) in next year\u2019s election, the congresswoman slammed the new challenger, calling him the \u201cdefinition\u201d of the D.C. swamp and accusing him of deceiving voters by presenting himself as moderate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In her statement, Tenney slammed the corporate lawyer, calling him the very \u201cswamp\u201d she has fought against and accusing him of merely \u201cmasquerading\u201d as a moderate.&nbsp;<\/span><\/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<p><span>\u201cJosh Riley is the definition of the Washington, DC, swamp,\u201d she said. \u201cAfter 20 years living outside New York and working for radical Democrats and big corporations like Spectrum Cable, Nancy Pelosi finally convinced Josh to move back into our state to masquerade as a moderate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She also stated that Riley, being on the far left, doesn\u2019t share the values of those he seeks to represent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhether it\u2019s his time working for disgraced former Senator Al Franken or the thousands of dollars he\u2019s donated to Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, Josh has already revealed himself as a far-left Democrat who does not share our Upstate values,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1384615384615\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As my general counsel on the Judiciary Committee, Josh brought Dems and Republicans together to get stuff done. Now he\u2019s running for Congress in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NY22?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NY22<\/a>. Learn about him and support him here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ozCyVO4Bui\">https:\/\/t.co\/ozCyVO4Bui<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Al Franken (@alfranken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alfranken\/status\/1458170063098466305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, after Riley\u2019s announcement, Tenney\u2019s campaign adviser Nick Stewart touted her achievements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCongresswoman Tenney is delivering real results for Upstate families. She\u2019s fighting for senior citizens, leading the charge to secure our elections, supporting local law enforcement, and defending our Second Amendment rights,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRepublicans, Democrats and Independents are fed up with one-party rule in Washington and they are standing up to take our country back,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stewart also slammed Riley for a history of \u201cdefending corporate interests\u201d and \u201cworking for liberal and controversial Democrats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cNancy Pelosi\u2019s handpicked candidate, Josh Riley, joins a crop of far-left Democrats vying to run in NY-22 next year,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18172602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235611450.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18172602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235611450.png\" alt=\"Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi speaks before signing a bill to fund the US government avoiding a federal shutdown at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on September 30, 2021. - The US Congress approved a stopgap funding bill Thursday in a rare show of cross-party unity to keep federal agencies running past the end of the fiscal year and avert a government shutdown. (Photo by Mandel NGAN \/ AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi speaks before signing a bill to fund the US government avoiding a federal shutdown at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on September 30, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cWhile Congresswoman Tenney has been in the trenches fighting for us, Washington, DC, lawyer Josh Riley has spent the past 20 years living in L.A., Miami, and D.C. defending corporate interests like Spectrum Cable and working for liberal and controversial Democrats like Al Franken, who used sleazy election lawyer Marc Elias to steal an election,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Depicting the Democrat challenger as \u201cout of touch\u201d with Upstate families\u2019 needs, Stewart highlighted the contrast between Riley \u2014 who hasn\u2019t resided in upstate New York in years \u2014 and Rep. Tenney \u2014 a lifelong resident of NY\u2019s 22nd Congressional District.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe\u2019s completely out of touch with the needs of Upstate families,\u201d he said. \u201cThe contrast couldn\u2019t be more stark: Riley, the definition of the D.C. swamp, and Tenney, a lifelong resident of New York, Marine Mom, and longtime small business owner whose family business was founded 75 years ago in the heart of NY-22.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRiley shouldn\u2019t waste his time or money moving back to New York and pretending to be one of us, he\u2019s not,\u201d added Stewart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Riley\u2019s announcement comes as Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s approval rating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/07\/poll-biden-approval-plummets-under-38-percent-republicans-take-commanding-8-point-lead-generic-midterm-ballot\/\"><span>continues to plummet<\/span><\/a><span>, currently down to 37.8 percent in the latest <\/span><i><span>USA Today<\/span><\/i><span>\/Suffolk University poll, and as Republicans take a commanding lead in the generic congressional ballot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News following Democrat Josh Riley\u2019s Tuesday morning announcement of his plans to run for Congress in a bid to unseat GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"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-996269","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\/996269","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\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996269\/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=996269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}