NEW YORK — The Republican candidates in two of New York’s most competitive congressional races have associated with people who participated in the raucous pro-Trump rally that devolved into a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last year, according to a review of social media posts.
Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who’s squaring off against her predecessor, Democrat Max Rose, in Tuesday’s election, has posted photos on Twitter of herself campaigning with Sam Pirozzolo on multiple occasions in recent weeks.
“A great evening greeting the community with @SamForNYC,” Malliotakis tweeted on Oct. 28 along with pictures of herself on the campaign trail with Pirozzolo, a GOP candidate for a state Assembly seat on Staten Island.
