The first term Staten Island congressman faces formidable GOP challenger Nicole Malliotakis in the 11th congressional district that encompasses Staten Island and southern Brooklyn so he’s trying to take on the least popular politicians in the city.
Rose says in the digital ad, “Bill de Blasio is the worst mayor in the history of New York City.That’s the whole ad”.
"De Blasio spokesman Bill Neidhardt responded, “So Max Rose prefers Fernando Wood? That’s a strange take.”
Neidhardt was referring to Wood, the Tammany Hall Democratic mayor during the Civil War who expressed sympathy for the confederacy.
The Malliotakis campaign got a kick out of Rose’s attempt to disassociate himself from de Blasio.
“It’s fun to watch two far-left politicians like Max Rose and Bill de Blasio squabble over who’s worst. The question Max Rose needs to answer is if he joined the nearly 70% of his constituents who voted for Nicole Malliotakis in the 2017 race for mayor,” said Malliotakis spokesman Rob Ryan."