Westchester Independence Party Vice Chair Calls Rob Astorino A Racist Liar
Jillian Jorgensen
She won’t be endorsing Rob Astorino any time soon.
Dhyalma Vazquez, a top official in the Westchester and Yonkers Independence Parties, blasted Rob Astorino as a “fucking racist liar” in response to his comments alleging party corruption as the root cause of an ongoing legal battle over his failed bid for an endorsement when running for re-election as Westchester County executive.
Mr. Astorino is being accused in a lawsuit in federal court of improperly seeking to pack the Independence Party with his own supporters in order to sway the endorsement his way. Some 4,000 voters, many tied to Mr. Astorino, have already been knocked off the party rolls by another judge.
In a recent radio interview, the now-gubernatorial candidate insisted those voters were doing what Zephyr Teachout is doing in her primary bid — “running petitions to support a campaign that is not supported by the party bosses,” who he blasted as corrupt and despised.
Read more at http://observer.com/2014/08/westchester-independence-party-vice-chair-calls-rob-astorino-a-racist-liar/#ixzz39QuLq7nc
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