Democrat Blasts Golden’s Grimm Fund-Raiser

Ross Barkan

One Democrat is furious that Michael Grimm is the Golden boy.

James Kemmerer, a Democrat challenging State Senator Martin Golden this fall, slammed the Brooklyn Republican for deciding to host a fund-raiser for Mr. Grimm, an indicted Republican congressman. Mr. Golden, whose Brooklyn turf overlaps with Mr. Grimm’s Staten Island and Brooklyn-based districts, told supporters in a letter that Mr. Grimm is needed to counteract the “Obama liberal policies so harmful to America.”

“I want our Congressional district–the 11th–to join with all the others that will be saying “NO” to the very liberal policies of the Obama Administration,” Mr. Golden wrote. “And there is only one way for our district to send that message: by re-electing our conservative-minded Congressman Michael Grimm, who is being challenged this year by a liberal former City Councilman, Domenic Recchia.”

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