Posted on 07/17/2019 1:20:57 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Scherie Murray, a New York businesswoman who immigrated from Jamaica as a child and is active in state Republican politics, is launching a campaign Wednesday for the congressional seat held by Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Fox News has learned.
In a phone interview, Murray, 38, confirmed her intention to run for the New York congressional seat as a Republican.
“There is a crisis in Queens, and it’s called AOC,” Murray told Fox News. “And instead of focusing on us, she’s focusing on being famous. Mainly rolling back progress and authoring the job-killing Green New Deal and killing the Amazon New York deal.”
Murray, who was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States when she was 9, is officially launching her campaign Wednesday with an introductory video that takes sharp jabs at the 29-year-old Ocasio-Cortez.
“Your representative in Washington chooses self-promotion over service, conflict over constituents, resistance over assistance," Murray said in the video. "Queens and the Bronx needs someone who will create jobs instead of turning them away."
Asked about Ocasio-Cortez’s brand of Democratic socialism, Murray said, “I think it’s far, far to the left and it is not connecting with everyday Americans.”
As for "Medicare-for-all," which Ocasio-Cortez has embraced, the Republican said: “Medicare-for-all, I think a lot of people are happy with their current health insurance.” And on the Green New Deal, the left-wing proposal to address climate change pushed by Ocasio-Ortez, she said: “We know that it certainly will kill jobs.”
Murray joins four other Republicans who have filed to run for the seat: former police officer John Cummings, medical journalist Ruth Papazian, construction contractor Miguel Hernandez and entrepreneur Antoine Tucker.
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Oh no she’s better looking than AOC
She’s not even a glass of water. Get real folks.
Good for her. May she succeed. Seems like a smart woman.
Nailed it!
Cortez The Job Killer
Why do you say this?
Do NOT go back to where you came from.
She and another challenger are catching on in NYC!
She's far better than a glass of water!
Lets help her send AOC back to tending bar...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6geoLhv8LM
So that means the spoiled rich girl from Yorktown Heights is anti-immigrant.
Scherie Murray, an obvious racist
Pretty much sums up a lot of D representatives in Washington.
The only way she's going to unseat AOC is to cross over as a DINO and knock her off in the primaries.
I wish her nothing but the best for her.
her district will not elect her.
do believe she has a chance?
Plus she has a brain, which isn’t necessarily an advantage in a district full of imbecile voters.
"Right on the beach, booyee!"
I hope she wins but I also hope AOC stays in the limelight too.
Irrespective we need to put up our best candidate.
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