This mean anything?
In a huge upset that few would have predicted just months ago, a Republican won a special election in a heavily Democratic district in New York for the seat of former Rep. Anthony Weiner.
At his victory party, Turner stood on a stage with Israeli and American flags behind him – a reminder of one of the central issues in the race: U.S. policies toward Israel.
“We lit one candle today, and there’s going to be a bonfire pretty soon,” Turner said in his victory speech, just after midnight.
The district, which covers parts of Brooklyn and Queens, is one of the strongest Jewish districts in the nation.
That makes me angry. He got elected as a US Congressman, not a US/Israeli congressman.
Not really. People are pissed off at incumbents in general right now, particularly Weiner related ones. Also there seems to be a bipartisan trend that junk pics on internet = seat changing hands…
People will always think more of special elections than they really should IMO.
Like the one our area just had and everyone was saying “Oh shit! A Dem took a Rep seat!”