Maloney’s disastrous selfish week

Jill Biden is headed to New York to try to salvage Sean Patrick Maloney’s flailing campaign this weekend.

Since Cook Political deemed NY-17 a Toss Up this week, Maloney has siphoned off limited DCCC funds for his own race, put up his own microsite to beg for outside help, accepted $1.2 million in spending from Vote Vets despite not being a vet, asked the president to weigh in to Jewish leaders in the district on his behalf, and now this.

NRCC Comment: “The last thing a DCCC Chair should be doing less than two weeks from an election is siphoning off funds and using political capital for themselves, but Sean Patrick Maloney is notoriously selfish.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Samantha Bullock