Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton -- our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship -- in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.THE MANY MISSTEPS OF MONDAIRE JONES----As he looks to unseat Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, former Rep. Mondaire Jones isn’t too worried about the fact that Sean Patrick Maloney, the former chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, lost the seat to Lawler two years ago. He argues that people in the 17th Congressional District know him much better than Maloney, owing to his two years representing them in Congress during the Biden years.
Returning to the Lower Hudson Valley district after a doomed run for the 10th Congressional District in Manhattan and Brooklyn, Jones is banking on his existing relationships in the district. While Jones may be remembered in the district, he may not be well-liked – largely thanks to a series of self-inflicted blunders.
Jones was a progressive when he entered politics amid the Black Lives Matter protests and the pandemic. That label still haunts him, as Lawler looks to link him to the “defund the police” movement and brings up his past comments calling Immigration and Customs Enforcement a “racist institution.” Since leaving Congress, Jones has made a concerted effort to change the way voters see him, calling out leftists “who are more interested in burning shit down” than working to make incremental change. In the process, he has alienated a chunk of the district’s progressive base that previously supported him strongly. The flashpoint came earlier this year, when he endorsed Westchester County Executive George Latimer over Rep. Jamaal Bowman during a heated primary battle. Jones criticized his former colleague’s strident denunciations of Israel, which he said had made his Jewish constituents feel unsafe. READ MORE AT https://www.cityandstateny.
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