By: Jared Evan
Bill de Blasio, the former mayor of New York City, is running for congress and believes that his opponent, Dan Goldman, is using his connections at television network, MSNBC, to gain an unfair advantage, NY Post reported.
De Blasio himself, was lauded as a hero on the far-left network for 8 years, unchallenged.
De Blasio has issued a statement to the press that says, “Mr. Goldman is officially a candidate for Congress in the newly created 10th Congressional District in New York City. And as a declared candidate for this seat, he has appeared on MSNBC at least four times, sometimes with advertisements for his campaign in the background shot of these media hits. While I deeply respect the expertise of Mr. Goldman, these appearances … are not meant to serve as free advertising for his Congressional campaign”.
“These appearances provide him with an unfair competitive advantage against the 14 other candidates in the race and could even be construed as an in-kind donation to Mr. Goldman’s campaign”, says de Blasio.
Goldman, the chief Democratic lawyer in the House of Representatives during former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment proceeding, has been a paid legal analyst at the left-leaning cable news outlet, reports The New York Post.
De Blasio and Goldman are competing in the Democratic primary for the 10th District House seat. According to The New York Post, “New York’s 10th Congressional district was formerly represented by Rep. Jerrold Nadler. But following court-ordered redistricting, the Upper West Side turf where Nadler resides was cut out of the 10th and folded into the 12th Congressional district on Manhattan’s East Side. Nadler vacated the 10th CD and instead decided to run in the 12th CD, facing-off against another long-term incumbent, Rep. Carolyn Maloney.”
Curtis Sliwa temporary left his position at the radio station, WABC, to avoid any controversy during his run for Mayor of New York City.
Goldman’s rep responded to de Blasio’s statement with, “Based on Dan’s work leading the impeachment of Donald Trump, it is not surprising that MSNBC has asked him to provide expert analysis on Trump’s authoritarian scheme to abuse his power and undermine our democracy,” said Goldman campaign spokesman Richard Fife. It is not Dan’s fault or MSNBC’s that Bill de Blasio’s views are not equally valued.”
De Blasio was given free reign and tossed softball questions by the hosts of MSNBC, particularly “Morning Joe” hosts, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist, hundreds of times. For 8 years the former mayor had an opportunity on the extreme leftist “Morning Joe” show to push his agenda, unchecked by the hosts. While many in the media were critical of the mayor, MSNBC treated De Blasio with “kid gloves”, and portrayed him as a popular leader, while actual New Yorkers quickly turned on him, as his extremist ideology became evident. MSNBC was as close as you can get to a free campaign ad for the former mayor.
