NYC: Democratic Queens DA candidate courting far right Republicans

[RandySF]

Retired Judge George Grasso has an interesting strategy as he runs in the Democratic primary against Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz: attending Republican club meetings.

Grasso was a featured guest at the March 2 meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club. That’s a club that has embraced the “MAGA” side of the modern Republican Party – inviting members to a D.C. rally “to show our support to the J6 patriots jailed unjustly;” sending members to the New York Young Republican gala keynoted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green and Donald Trump Jr., and even specifically posting praise for club president Gavin Wax’s speech calling for “Total War;” and honoring New York Post reporter Miranda Devine at a recent gala for her reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Grasso also spoke to the Central Queens Republican Club on Jan. 20. That club has also defended Donald Trump and criticized the House of Representatives Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

And one of Grasso’s biggest campaign donors, giving $10,000, is Michael Ricatto, a Republican who hung a huge banner outside his Kew Gardens home calling President Joe Biden’s election the “death of democracy” and “the beginning of socialism.” Ricatto’s backing was first reported by the Queens Eagle.





https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2023/04/democratic-queens-da-candidate-courting-far-right-republicans/384842/

[2naSalit]

1. Imposter.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Annoying, but not surprising...

Queens is assumed to be a Democratic boro.

It gets funny at times. I remember a general election with three guys running for Mayor as Democrats from different power brokers. No Rs running.

That was Elizabeth, NJ and things were always interesting there.