House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made at least three pilgrimages to upstate New York recently to confer with Orthodox Jewish leaders who head voting blocs critical to swing-district Republicans.
The trips come as McCarthy eyes a path to saving his razor-thin five seat House majority — much of which he owes to a“We have a lot in common, when you think about it,” McCarthy, 58 and a devout Baptist, said of his rapport with leading rabbis. “The more they look at the policies Republicans have with freedom, and family, and freedom of religion I think it’s making a difference, especially in upstate.
The 82-year-old rabbi was backing Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney and McCarthy showed up to plead for an 11th-hour switch. “Your guidance and wisdom have undoubtedly played a significant role in shaping your granddaughter’s life and guiding her to this moment,” the speaker wrote. “He was extremely kind and he was very positive and we know the speaker is a friend of the Jewish community. For many years has has supported our values and it was a great honor for us to meet him,” Margaretten said.Courtesy of Rabbi Moshe MargarettenSecular Jews are one of the most reliably Democratic voting blocs in the country, but the rapidly-growing Hasidic population leans conservative. Both Lawler and Molinaro each squeaked by Democratic opponents in 2022 by a few thousand votes.
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