In a battle between two New York City Democrat House members who were forced into a head-to-head matchup due to redistricting, Congressman Jerrold Nadler took Rep. Carolyn Maloney to the woodshed in Tuesday’s primary in a contest that wasn’t even close, a testament to the Nadler’s strong support within the Jewish community which he is a member of.
The 75-year-old Nadler who currently serves as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, pulverized his opponent, crushing her by a a 55-24 margin, an ass-whooping comparable to that delivered to malicious actor and J6 committee attack dog Liz Cheney in last week’s Wyoming primary, a margin that will almost certainly end Maloney’s political career, knocking her from the gravy train after three decades in Congress.
Nadler, who was derided by the 76-year-old Maloney over the weekend as being “senile” in a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black, tooted his own horn following his resounding victory.
“Well New York…we did it!” Nadler tweeted. “I’m so deeply grateful for your continued support and trust—I promise to keep on fighting for New Yorkers in Congress. Onwards!”
Well New York…we did it!
I’m so deeply grateful for your continued support and trust—I promise to keep on fighting for New Yorkers in Congress. Onwards!
— Jerry Nadler (@JerryNadler) August 24, 2022
On Saturday, Maloney dissed Nadler, bringing up a New York Post column to suggest to reporters that he was no longer mentally fit to remain in Congress.
“They call him senile,” she told reporters on Saturday. “They cite his performance at the debate where he couldn’t even remember who he impeached. He said he impeached Bush.”
“I think that you should read the editorial in the NY Post today. They call him senile. They cite his performance at the debate where he couldn’t even remember who he impeached. He said he impeached Bush.” – Rep. Carolyn Maloney on Rep. Jerry Nadler, ahead of Tuesday’s primary pic.twitter.com/NSD0EyzoFp
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) August 21, 2022
Maloney may have been onto something, in addition to Nadler’s increasingly brain farts, bizarre mannerisms and behavior, who could possibly forget that he may have dumped his drawers during the middle of a Nancy Pelosi presser two years ago.
Pack the courts! pic.twitter.com/kuTSmy2RgE
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) September 23, 2020
The New York Post’s criticism of Nadler as being “this close to senile in that epic NY1 debate, though his bungling of Trump impeachment hearings” also linked to his recent fearmongering at an Upper East Side synagogue where he told supporters that they would lose their only Jewish member of Congress if he wasn’t re-elected.
Rep. Nadler says NY will lose only Jewish House member if he's not re-elected https://t.co/ivMTS0pL7D pic.twitter.com/WjmO9t4wgR
— New York Post (@nypost) August 11, 2022
“When I was elected to Congress in 1992, there were eight Jewish members from New York. There is now only one,” Nadler said earlier this month. “If I’m not re-elected the Jewish community will be the largest — the only large community — without representation.”
He does deserve credit because even if he is exhibiting signs of senility, he knows exactly who it is that butters his bread or more accurately, shmears his bagel.
As for Maloney, she went into full Hillary sore loser mode after her devastating loss, blaming it on voter misogyny.
“I’m really sad that we no longer have a woman representing Manhattan in Congress,” told her boosters after the drubbing, “In Congress, it is that when women are at the table, great decisions get made.”
Maloney also thanked past female New York leaders including Shirley Chisholm and Geraldine Ferraro who she claimed “fought sexist systems and misogyny that continues today, as we know from my own campaign,” the New York Post reported.
Nadler who has affectionately been nicknamed “Fat Jerry” by former President Donald J. Trump – a longtime New York foe – is practically guaranteed to carry the district in the general election.