Blake Gendebien, a Democrat running to unseat House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st District, drew negative attention this week for an AI-generated campaign ad and a contentious exchange during a local television interview.
During the interview, Gendebien was asked about several characterizations he made in a 2013 appearance with the Library of Congress that was later taken offline at his request. In that interview, he claimed, “It’s hard to find one local person that doesn’t have domestic abuse problems, alcohol problems, wage garnishments.”
When pressed on whether the quote sounded like a generalization about his community, Gendebien began to respond, but his consultant, Aziz Yakub, interrupted. “I’m just gonna jump in here. Before we started this, we talked about talking broadly
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