City & State reports:
Tina Forte, the Rep. George Santos associate who raised $1.5 million en route to getting just 27% of the vote against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last year, announced Monday that she’s planning to take on AOC again in 2024. “After many discussions with family, friends, and constituents throughout the Bronx and Queens, I have decided to challenge AOC for Congress in 2024,” read a fundraising email from her campaign that does not mention or acknowledge her unsuccessful campaign last year.
Forte’s last campaign paid Santos’ short-lived political consulting firm, Red Strategies USA, a total of $110,320 over the course of six months, from June 2021 to Dec. 2021. And Forte’s campaign may have been part of a Santos scam. A donor who gave to Santos unwillingly had their credit card charged for more donations,including two maxed-out $2,900 contributions to Forte’s campaign. Forte herself is a far right “MAGA influencer” and was in the crowd that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Read the full article. Forte, who peppered her speeches and campaign videos with f-bombs, was endorsed by the Log Cabin Quislings, homocon Dave Rubin, and former New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz, who led a “death to gays” hate march through Manhattan streets in 2012. Watch the first clip below for a potty mouth compilation that feels like a parody, but is not.
NEW: Tina Forte – the George Santos associate who raised $1.5 million en route to getting just 27% of the vote against AOC – is running again in 2024. https://t.co/zhtYlhzJTk
— Jeff Coltin (@JCColtin) June 12, 2023
Keep Congress clean, protect the Capitol … Keep America Safe from crazy far right mouths pic.twitter.com/NujTHGV3GT
— ?? ?️? zen ?️??? (@ZenPeace) November 4, 2022
AOC’s Republican opponent Tina Forte today addresses critics of her hair, lips, Botox, neck rash, tattoos, voice, and vaccine status. pic.twitter.com/qOdqmr6F5q
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 23, 2021
1/ According to Forte’s own social media posts, some of which have been deleted, she livestreamed on Facebook to thousands of viewers, encouraging rally attendees at former President Donald Trump’s speech to “get your asses to the Capitol.” Story: https://t.co/H7twDgDe66 pic.twitter.com/BQLIIeUT1X
— snopes.com (@snopes) August 26, 2021
2/ In a Twitter video that was saved before it was deleted, Forte is seen in a restricted area. In the short clip, she responds enthusiastically to the events that were taking place at the Capitol. (Credit: @DianthaSol). Story: https://t.co/H7twDgDe66 pic.twitter.com/dfjCRvLnaQ
— snopes.com (@snopes) August 26, 2021
AOC’s Republican opponent Tina Forte is out with a new ad today. It’s poetry. A masterpiece. Your 2021 Republican Party! pic.twitter.com/UH0enCYqii
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 28, 2021