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Tasini calls on Rangel to end his re-election bid
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Last Edited | COSDem Jul 22, 2010 05:56pm |
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News Date | Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Labor activist Jonathan Tasini, who's one of four primary challengers to Rep. Charles Rangel this cycle, just called on the congressman to pull the plug on his reelection effort:
"I am calling today on Rep. Rangel to announce immediately that he will not be a candidate for reelection to the 15th Congressional District in New York in light of the findings of the House ethics committee that Rep. Rangel violated ethics rules. For the first time in eight years, the House ethics committee has taken a very serious step forward in ethics investigations, calling for the appointment of a special subcommittee to rule on the findings — a step last taken when former Rep. James Traficant was convicted of taking bribes.
While Rep. Rangel still should be accorded the right to defend himself before a trial of a special subcommittee, the threat to the future of the Democratic Party is today. Rep. Rangel will be, as I argued when I announced my candidacy for the 15th Congressional District, the face of Washington corruption in Republican advertising and campaigns across the nation. Rep. Rangel will, without a doubt, cost the Democratic Party seats in the November election if he is the nominee of the party. |
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