Saturday, July 16, 2022

Progressive cat fight campaigning

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Queens Post 

 

Tensions are running high between the campaigns of two progressive candidates who are both running to represent the District 59 seat in the state senate.

Nomiki Konst and Kristen Gonzalez—both left leaning candidates in the race to represent western Queens, north Brooklyn and parts of Manhattan—have been waging a war of words on social media.

Gonzalez has leveled claims that Konst is racist, while Konst has accused Gonzalez’s campaign of harassment, intimidation and inciting violence.

The animus between the two campaigns began the moment that Konst announced on June 1 that she was running.

Konst, a well-known progressive who ran for NYC public advocate in 2019, was criticized from the get-go since Gonzalez had announced months prior that she was running for state senate. Gonzalez had already received the backing of scores of high-profile progressives—including the NYC-DSA, the Working Families Party, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—and that there were fears that Konst would jeopardize her campaign.

Konst faced an avalanche of criticism on Twitter when she announced.

“This is so selfish and wasteful. We have a Latina socialist running in the district who has a track record in this particular community & has a winning coalition of endorsements & she’s up against a machine hack. Don’t split the vote! And for what?!” posted Elana Levin, whose tweet got 320 likes and reflected the sentiments of DSA supporters.

Many of Gonzalez’s followers—as well as DSA members–believe that Konst’s campaign will help candidates such as Elizabeth Crowley, who is also vying for the seat, win the Aug 23 primary. Other candidates in the primary include Mike Corbett and Francoise Olivas. All five candidates have a following.

The tension heated up online on July 10, when Gonzalez took to Twitter and accused Konst of racism for “twice sarcastically saying to my face Welcome to Astoria.”

Gonzalez, who was raised in Elmhurst and is the child of Puerto Rican and Colombian parents, viewed this as a “dog whistle,” implying that she was an outsider and was without community support.

Konst, who says she has lived in Astoria since 2015 but hails from Arizona, said that she was baffled by Gonzalez’ tweets saying that she welcomed Gonzalez to Astoria on two occasions–once at a candidate forum held in the Astoria and another time at a polling site in Astoria on election day.

She said that on both occasions she didn’t speak with any ill-will and noted that she has welcomed other candidates to the neighborhood without incident.

Konst, of Greek heritage, said that when candidate forums have been held in other parts of the district candidates welcomed her there.

“This was her literally just creating controversy right before the filing so she could raise money,” Konst said. “It was personally offensive, and it was also grotesque.”

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

“A foolish woman is clamorous: She is simple, and knoweth nothing.”
‭‭Proverbs

Anonymous said...

God Bless, Protect, and Strengthen our Conservative Republican Leaders.
Godspeed

Anonymous said...

It’s what happens when you hire along diversity lines instead of simply hiring the best.

Anonymous said...

If one of them win I'm going to move to Canada!

Anonymous said...

Now TA commie is in a pickle.
What do his sponsors say?

Anonymous said...

I think the McCarthy Fascist needs to come up with a new tagline. Calling someone a Commie is so 1950s.

Anonymous said...

Talking about God in the 21st century is a bit of a laugh.

Anonymous said...

I love it when the progressive left eats their own...

Anonymous said...

Cat fighting is for commies.

Anonymous said...

@I think the McCarthy Fascist needs to come up with a new tagline. Calling someone a Commie is so 1950s.

TA commie stays, TA pig.
Publish how much money your q-anon donors splurging on your sorry activist ass.

Anonymous said...

Queens should be renamed Cabanistan.

TA commie and his bike vision became reality in Queens.

https://twitter.com/enforcelawsNYC/status/1548769373690658825

Ta commie go blow McCarthy. Right after the Bidetsaurus.

Anonymous said...

@I think

Must be real challenging for you. Poor you.

Anonymous said...

They're Hot!
Why can't the Putinist party have any hotties like these? Oh, yeah, there is always Marjorie Taylor Greene, the last of the Anglo-Saxons.


Anonymous said...

Mondaire is a carpetbagger, too. Nothing to do wish race. You don't live in the district. Doesn't matter if you live or have lived in the borough. If it was s Republican carpetbagger, you wouldn't hear the end of it.

Anonymous said...

Smyrna 1922, Astoria 2022. Ingrate guests are always expelled.

Anonymous said...

@Why can't the Putinist party have any hotties like these

Ask Bill "Bubba" Clinton or Bidetsaurus.

Even AOC is hot, albeit dumb as a rock.
Your type, TA commie.

Anonymous said...

I hope Lizzy wins !

Anonymous said...

What planet are you on? The Cold War never ended and is still going on. The eastern churches begat Islam and Communism by rejecting Original Sin. Heathern Graeconia must revert to Ottoman Suzerainty as the Prometheus plans of 1853, 1967 and 2008 failed to neutralize their sovietical presticulations. If Joe McCarthy was allowed to finish his glorious work, we would not have lost in Vietnam or Iraq. Onwards!

Anonymous said...

A Democrat accusing others for doing what they are doing , this must be a terrible mistake surely ...