Kenyan McDuffie slammed his primary opponent for DC mayor, Janeese Lewis George, saying her campaign is built on 'empty promises.'
, spoke about his plans to make the district what he called the “most affordable city” in the United States and set his more centrist policies apart from Lewis George’s in an appearance on theIran conflict creating 'hesitance' among GOP lawmakers before midterm elections: Sarah Bedford “She wants to run D.
C. using a New York City playbook. And what I found out, knocking on thousands of doors across the District of Columbia, our voters are really smart, and they’re not falling for it,” McDuffie Lewis George, a socialist, declared her candidacy for mayor in December, following weeks of rumors that she planned to launch a McDuffie took aim at Lewis George’s progressive policy ideas on Thursday, calling them built on “rhetoric and empty promises.” Lewis George’s campaign rejected the premise that the councilwoman doesn’t have achievements to tout. “Kenyan McDuffie’s statements are false. Janeese Lewis George introduced and passed legislation to fund a librarian in every DC Public School; introduced and passed legislation to raise the wages of early childhood educators, create the first-ever monthly basic income via an increased earned income tax credit, and fund new housing vouchers and housing subsidies; and she negotiated and secured the largest labor agreement ever struck with a private company in D.C.’s history via the RFK stadium deal,” a campaign spokesperson told theThe race between the two front-runners has grown more heated as the June primary election gets closer. Lewis George has hit McDuffie on his“Every year, I found the funding to fight for the things that matter to people most, whether it was SNAP or earned income tax credit or child tax credit. So the things I fund, and I fight for have made a real difference in people’s lives,” Lewis George said. “I think that matters in this race when we talk about who’s produced at the council.” But McDuffie took direct aim at these comments from Lewis George in his podcast appearance on Thursday, blasting her for going “really negative on the campaign trail.” “She hitched her wagon to people on the council for the last five years and doesn’t have a record to stand on,” McDuffie said.for residents on SNAP benefits, McDuffie has marketed himself as a more centrist candidate with goals of what he calls “economic growth with guardrails.” McDuffie, a former independent running as a Democrat, outlined on Thursday how he hopes to deliver on his centrist agenda. He spoke of prioritizing “guaranteed, recurring funding” to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, cutting government red tape to make it easier for nonprofit organizations to build affordable housing in the district, and getting rid of speeding cameras that feel like a trap. “Let me tell you about what people want to know when I knock on doors. They want to know that they have a mayor who’s prioritizing their safety when it comes to those cameras, not generating revenue on the backs of poor people,” McDuffie said. McDuffie also addressed his goals of expanding Baby Bonds, the plan to create trust funds for babies born into generational poverty in the district, which Lewis George swiped at McDuffie about not fighting enough for funding for in February. He touted how he wrote the original bill and said, “The mayor hasn’t supported it, but the council has, and I’ve led the way on that.”is something “on the table” that his team is still looking at. He also said he “would stand up and fight back” against PresidentThe Democratic primary for mayor will take place on June 19, 2026. The general election in the overwhelmingly blue city is on Nov. 3.
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