DCCC spokeswoman Emily Bolton released the following statement when Daniel Donovan announced his candidacy for New York’s 11th Congressional District:
“The competition for Republican candidates in this district is already about one thing and one thing only: which candidate do Speaker Boehner and his Republicans in Congress like more. If Republicans in Congress like the candidate, it’s pretty clear to voters in Staten Island and Brooklyn that they’ll get the same broken special interest politics that sells out the middle class. Daniel Donovan would fit right in with Speaker Boehner and the Republicans in Congress who protect the ultra-wealthy and corporate special interests at the expense of the middle class. Voters in Staten Island and Brooklyn want the focus back on the middle class families struggling to pay the bills – not another political sideshow.”