Thursday, October 27, 2022
Biden offers New York rabbi ‘open door’ to boost Sean Patrick Maloney’s re-election bid: report
In the latest sign of trouble for the Democratic Party in the midterm elections, President Biden called a prominent Hudson Valley rabbi to urge that he back the re-election of embattled Democrat incumbent Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.
Maloney, who is chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a pal of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is locked in what has turned into a toss-up race with Republican challenger Mike Lawler, a state assemblyman.
"You will have an open door to my administration," Biden reportedly told Rabbi David Twersky in the 15-minute phone call, according to Rocklanddaily.com and confirmed by Jacob Kornbluh of the Forward.
Twersky is the chief rabbi for the Hasidic sect in New Square located in the 17th Congressional District.
"You don't have the President of the United States call someone for support unless you're in trouble in a political campaign. Sean Patrick Maloney and the Democrats are in real trouble in that part of the state," said veteran political strategist Hank Sheinkopf.
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