De Blasio looks to link Malliotakis to Trump
Donald Trump’s name is not on the ballot in the New York City mayoral race, but Mayor Bill de Blasio appears to be trying to bring the president into the fray. In a recent fundraising letter sent out to supporters, Rick Fromberg, de Blasio’s campaign manager, brings up Trump’s name in an apparent attempt to tie presumptive Republican mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis to the unpopular president.
“Remember how shortly after his election, President Trump called up the chairman of the New York Republican Party and gave him the directive to beat Bill de Blasio? Well, it’s looking increasingly like they’ve found their candidate for the job. Her name is Nicole Malliotakis, a state Assembly member who has been a supporter of Donald Trump even before he was elected president,” Fromberg wrote in his letter seeking donations for de Blasio’s re-election campaign.
Fromberg was referring to New York State Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox.