Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
NYCHA Tenant Leader in Trump-Touting RNC Video Out as President of East Harlem Democratic Club
The CityLast week, NYCHA resident Claudia Perez appeared in a video at the Republican National Convention hailing President Donald Trump’s response to dire conditions in public housing.
Now, the spot has cost her the presidency of her local political club — just part of the fallout from the two-minute clip that has roiled her family and fractured a close friendship with a City Council hopeful.
“I was betrayed on so many levels,” she told THE CITY Tuesday, her voice breaking over the phone.
Perez resigned as president of the East Harlem Democratic Club over the weekend, she said, stepping down at the request of the club’s executive board.
Now, the spot has cost her the presidency of her local political club — just part of the fallout from the two-minute clip that has roiled her family and fractured a close friendship with a City Council hopeful.
“I was betrayed on so many levels,” she told THE CITY Tuesday, her voice breaking over the phone.
Perez resigned as president of the East Harlem Democratic Club over the weekend, she said, stepping down at the request of the club’s executive board.
Democratic "Clubs" are the NYC equivalent of local Party Committees. There is generally one Club per Assembly District.
3 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
If that's an upside to this. 
