Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democratic candidate for New York’s 17th district, lost to Republican Mike Lawler. The loss is especially jarring after the US President turned to the Rebbe of Squirra to ask for the support of his followers in the elections
Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, chairman of the Democratic Party’s campaign committee, admitted on Wednesday his defeat in his race for a seat against Mike Lawler, a stinging loss for Democrats. “I don’t like to lose, but my opponent won this race. He earned it fairly. That means something,” Maloney said in a statement delivered via Zoom from the party headquarters in Washington. “The right thing to do is say the other guy won and wish him well.”
Even before Maloney’s words, Republicans were already celebrating his defeat, including Congressman Kevin McCarthy of California, the House Minority Leader, who cited it as part of the party’s gains in New York, a generally liberal state where the Republican Party has done surprisingly well.
The loss is very painful for the Democrats, after US President Joe Biden asked the Rebbe Masqueira about two weeks ago for the support of his followers in the regional elections, especially regarding the representative representing the region in Congress, Sean Patrick Maloney.
Maloney represented the 17th congressional district that includes Shikon Squirra and the surrounding area, and the Hasidic people made the difference between a Democratic representative and a Republican representative. And so the president tried to help him. In addition, after the assistance requested by the President, the heads of various Hasidic groups including the mayor of New Squirra Izzy Spitzer, the mayor of Cassar (Vinci) Eli Pinksowitz, the deputy mayor of Airmont Shimon Mozes, the businessman Yossi Gasttner and other senior businessmen, a boy with businessmen and politicians from Squirra Wisenitz, attended a fundraiser for Republicans, just one day after Biden pleaded for support for Democrats.