Saturday, January 10, 2015 4:17:18 PM
It’s Official: GOP Picks Prosecutor Who Failed To Indict Eric Garner’s Killer For Grimm’s Seat
It’s official. The Staten Island Republican Party today officially selected Daniel Donovan, the prosecutor who failed to indict Eric Garner’s killer, as its candidate to replace Congressman Michael Grimm.
This doesn’t come as a shock somehow.
The New York Observer reports:
After an interview meeting with both candidates in the basement of Staten Island’s Annandale Terrace Diner, Party Chairman John Antoniello declared the party’s executive committee overwhelmingly backed Mr. Donovan—who only officially announced his candidacy last night after “considering” it for weeks. Ms. Malliotakis returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. yesterday after an effort to persuade national Republicans to pressure the local party to support her. Mr. Antoniello, whom the state party’s rules invest with the power to unilaterally select a candidate in a special election, cited Mr. Donovan’s 12 years experience as district attorney as well as his history as deputy borough president.
“We had a good interview process, we are very lucky to have two very qualified candidates,” said Mr. Antoniello. “But at the end of the day, the committee felt overwhelmingly that Dan Donovan would make the better candidate.”
Donovan said he would use his seat in Congress to push for more relief for homeowners who are still reeling from Hurricane Sandy.
He also said he would fight President Obama on immigration reform, because derp.
“There’s many issues for the district, and they affect people locally, they affect people regionally, and they affect people nationally,” he said. “Government should do for people what they can’t do for themselves. People spend their money really well, government doesn’t spend money particularly well.”
And black people should not be choked to death on the street. I just thought I’d mention that.
Michael Grimm stepped down from the seat this week after pleading guilty to a single felony tax evasion charge. Grimm previously threatened to throw a journalist off a balcony and break him ‘in half like a boy’.
Donovan failed to persuade a grand jury to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the homicide of black Staten Islander Eric Garner.
Sounds like an appropriate replacement to me. Peas in a pod.
http://freakoutnation.com/2015/01/its-official-gop-picks-prosecutor-who-failed-to-indict-eric-garners-killer-for-grimms-seat/
It’s official. The Staten Island Republican Party today officially selected Daniel Donovan, the prosecutor who failed to indict Eric Garner’s killer, as its candidate to replace Congressman Michael Grimm.
This doesn’t come as a shock somehow.
The New York Observer reports:
After an interview meeting with both candidates in the basement of Staten Island’s Annandale Terrace Diner, Party Chairman John Antoniello declared the party’s executive committee overwhelmingly backed Mr. Donovan—who only officially announced his candidacy last night after “considering” it for weeks. Ms. Malliotakis returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. yesterday after an effort to persuade national Republicans to pressure the local party to support her. Mr. Antoniello, whom the state party’s rules invest with the power to unilaterally select a candidate in a special election, cited Mr. Donovan’s 12 years experience as district attorney as well as his history as deputy borough president.
“We had a good interview process, we are very lucky to have two very qualified candidates,” said Mr. Antoniello. “But at the end of the day, the committee felt overwhelmingly that Dan Donovan would make the better candidate.”
Donovan said he would use his seat in Congress to push for more relief for homeowners who are still reeling from Hurricane Sandy.
He also said he would fight President Obama on immigration reform, because derp.
“There’s many issues for the district, and they affect people locally, they affect people regionally, and they affect people nationally,” he said. “Government should do for people what they can’t do for themselves. People spend their money really well, government doesn’t spend money particularly well.”
And black people should not be choked to death on the street. I just thought I’d mention that.
Michael Grimm stepped down from the seat this week after pleading guilty to a single felony tax evasion charge. Grimm previously threatened to throw a journalist off a balcony and break him ‘in half like a boy’.
Donovan failed to persuade a grand jury to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the homicide of black Staten Islander Eric Garner.
Sounds like an appropriate replacement to me. Peas in a pod.
http://freakoutnation.com/2015/01/its-official-gop-picks-prosecutor-who-failed-to-indict-eric-garners-killer-for-grimms-seat/
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