Earlier this evening, Democratic Assemblyman Rory Lancman went on Inside City Hall and discussed one of his opponents in a Queens congressional primary, Jeff Gottlieb, in very blunt terms. Mr. Lancman had already accused Mr. Gottlieb’s campaign of being a plot to split the district’s Jewish vote.

“I think what happened is after the Queens County Democratic organization designated one of my opponents as their preferred candidate, they thought that I would go away,” Mr. Lancman explained. “But, as I told you, we have been on quite a tear.”

Mr. Lancman proceeded to repeatedly describe Mr. Gottlieb as a “hack” in order to emphasize his argument that Mr. Gottlieb is a patsy for the powers that be. Read More