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Dede Scozzafava on the attacks against her: Vicious
WCF-endorsed former candidate for NY-23
Remember Dede? She was edged out of the race for Congress in NY-23 because she dared to be a female moderate Republican. After suspending her race, she endorsed the Democratic candidate Bill Owens, who ended up winning over the GOP-backed Conservative candidate.
In a recent interview with CNN, Dede recounted how atrocious the attacks against her truly were:
“The attacks were pretty vicious, especially since it was coming from people who identify themselves as Republicans.”
Robo calls from her Conservative opponent used terms like “homo-lover” and “child-killer” to describe her.
About the outside Republicans who swooped in to oppose her, such as Sarah Palin, Dede said:
“They had no understanding of who I was and no understanding of the issues that drove the district. So for people to come out and be endorsing a candidate in a race in a place that they knew nothing about, I thought it was pretty disingenuous.”
To top it all off, Dede has now been strong-armed out of her state Assembly seat. POLITICO says that Assembly Minority Leader Brain Kolb had been receiving complaints about Dede from his members, and decided to “have a frank discussion” with her. Aka, ask her to resign.
But even after all of this—after her party turned against her, viciously attacked her, and now dumped her—Dede says she plans to remain a Republican. She hopes the party can be unified moving forward so that they can agree on core principals.
Dede says she has no regrets about her decisions, even her support of the Democratic candidate:
“I do not regret, at all, the endorsement,” she said. “And I do not regret running.”
Dede, we don’t regret you running, either. Not even a little bit. Thank you for being brave enough to stand up and say, “I’m a female Republican who supports reproductive choices and gay rights, and that’s OK.”
Thank you for helping to put another crack in the political glass ceiling. Your story will help inspire future women candidates who dare to break the mold.
