As expected, 20 time Congressman Charlie Rangel won his primary race in New York – virtually assuring him of another term…
And even more importantly to Rangel, providing him with the ability to pay off nearly $2 million in legal bills accumulated in defending himself against ethics charges.
Seems to me, if there was a single brain cell left in the Ethics Committee, they would have let Charlie go quietly into the night, following his promise to retire before this election.
Rangel Wins in NY
Rep. Charles Rangel has fought off five challengers to prevail in his Democratic primary. The victory—likely to assure the 80-year-old of another 2 years in Congress—comes despite multiple ethics charges pending against him, the AP notes. (More Rangel news here.) Democrats, including President Obama, had urged Rangel to consider stepping aside.
“This isn’t a win for Charlie Rangel, this is our community’s win. This is all of you that spoke,’’ the 40-year House veteran told supporters. “My heart is beating so fast because of the terrible accusations and allegations,’’ he said. “It beats fast because of my pride in coming from a community and my friends and voters say hey, we’ll make the decision.’’ Rangel is awaiting trial by fellow lawmakers for 13 alleged violations of House rules.
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5 candidates against him, hmmmm
Win the election retire and let the party pick, would be the way to go. We in Harlem trained our folks correctly. Some great minds came out of this group. Politics is a bitch and it was told often to the black man
I suspect once the ethics thing is cleared up – that is just what Rangel will do. At least from my read, they don’t have enough on him for what they are trying to do. Would love to see a cleanup of Congress…
But let’s clean up the whole place. instead of just picking and choosing a few.