{"id":56889,"date":"2020-08-30T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rep-max-rose-and-gop-rival-malliotakis-engage-in-mud-slinging-ad-war\/"},"modified":"2020-08-30T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T20:38:00","slug":"rep-max-rose-and-gop-rival-malliotakis-engage-in-mud-slinging-ad-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rep-max-rose-and-gop-rival-malliotakis-engage-in-mud-slinging-ad-war\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rep. Max Rose and GOP rival Malliotakis engage in mud-slinging ad war"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Rep. Max Rose and GOP rival Malliotakis engage in mud-slinging ad war<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n She\u2019s a \u201cfirst class fraud.\u201d He\u2019s a \u201cradically liberal\u201d clone of Mayor Bill de Blasio.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the big-buck mud-slinging TV ad war pitting first-term Democrat Rep. Max Rose against Republican rival Nicole Malliotakis, a state assemblywoman who was the GOP\u2019s 2017 candidate for New York City mayor.<\/p>\n

The brutal broadsides on the airwaves could determine who prevails to serve the swing 11th congressional district, which encompasses all of Staten Island and portions of southern Brooklyn, in what is considered one of the most competitive House races in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a tough race. Money will be pouring in from all sides,\u201d said political consultant George Arzt.<\/p>\n

President Trump, whose company owned apartment complexes for years on Staten Island, carried the 11th CD by 10 points over Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016. Two years later, Rose beat out incumbent Republican Rep. Dan Donovan 53-47.<\/p>\n

One wildcard issue: How will voters perceive Rose\u2019s House vote to impeach Trump.<\/p>\n

The president previously endorsed Malliotakis and slammed Rose for his pro-impeachment vote during an exclusive Post interview.<\/p>\n

Rose has a fundraising advantage, having raised $5.74 million to spend on his campaign, versus $1.77 million in donations raised by Malliotakis. But she is also getting financial backing from the House GOP and outside conservative groups.<\/p>\n

Anticipating a formidable challenge, Rose struck first to try to define Malliotakis by televising an ad portraying her as a \u201cfirst class fraud\u201d on June 24 \u2014 the day after she easily won her Republican primary.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst Nicole Malliotakis hated Trump,\u201d the ad said. \u201cBut now that she\u2019s running for Congress, she says she loves him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malliotakis was repeatedly asked about her views of Trump when she ran for mayor in an overwhelmingly Democratic city where the president is unpopular and sought to distance herself.<\/p>\n

The ad also claims Malliotakis flipped her position on illegal immigrants and once oversaw a political action committee when she previously worked for Con Edison that donated money to de Blasio.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s everything you hate about politics \u2014 all in one person. Nicole Malliotakis: The First Class Fraud,\u201d the narrator says.<\/p>\n

In another 30-second spot, the Rose campaign raps Malliotakis for \u201cphotoshopping\u201d herself into a picture to show she was helping constituents during the coronavirus pandemic. It also noted she voted for a state law that exempted nursing homes from negligence lawsuits during the pandemic.<\/p>\n