Statement from Democratic Party Chair John Currie on GOP’s False Attacks on Tom Malinowski

On Tuesday, GOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt issued an attack on Tom Malinowski falsely claiming he defended a senior advisor at Human Rights Watch who was fired nine years ago for his disturbing fetishizing of Nazi paraphernalia. To justify his lies, Steinhardt released links to a Human Rights Watch article not authored by Malinowski, that does not quote Malinowski, and came out of a HRW office Malinowski did not run.

Democratic Party Chair John Currie issued the following statement on the erroneous attack:

“Leonard Lance is desperately working to salvage his political career by diverting attention away from his voting record.  He votes against quality healthcare for his constituents while taking a Platinum health plan funded by taxpayers. And now desperate Lance is hiding behind the State Republican Party and issuing a completely false attack.  Malinowski is a strong defender of Israel, and he has a record to prove it while overseeing the Office to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism while working for the Department of State. This attack is based on completely dubious source material. NJ’s seventh district residents and families deserve a representative like Tom Malinowski with the experience and willingness to fight for them, not a typical politician like Leonard Lance who is willing to say anything to keep his seat in Congress.”