NRCC Statement on Mondaire Jones

If you are covering Mondaire Jones’s announcement to run in NY-17, please consider the following statement from the National Republican Congressional Committee: 

“The battle royale is on in New York – setting up a brutal race to the left that will leave Democrats’ eventual nominee bruised and broke. Mondaire Jones’ defund the police and cashless bail advocacy is more in line with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez than the voters in the Hudson Valley he abandoned. In 2022, after running in South Manhattan and Brooklyn, Jones shut down his official offices early and left thousands of Hudson Valley residents in a lurch, and we look forward to reminding them of that.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Savannah Viar 

Background:  

• Mondaire Jones accepted the support of Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who has supported defunding the police and cashless bail 
• A recent poll showed Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) at 50% and beating Democrat Mondaire Jones in a head-to-head race.
• Mondaire Jones closed up his district shop early after losing out in a Democrat primary, leaving constituents to fend for themselves.