Michelle Schimel tosses fellow microstamping sponsor Eric Schneiderman under the bus and endorses opponent Kathleen Rice. The Observer reports:
“… The Rice campaign is expected to announce the endorsement of Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel, who, along with Schneiderman, led the charge to pass a firearm microstamping bill in Albany earlier this year … When asked how she would explain what appears to be a slight at Schneiderman, Schimel said, “I don’t have to explain it. My relationship with her is deeper and longer and that’s just how I base my judgment. And she is a prosecutor too, and assertive, and that’s how I’m pitching it…I certainly don’t want to denigrate Eric. That’s not the goal of this.” …”
Maybe so, but that’s how a lot of people will perceive it.
It’s good when the antis start eating their own.
Is it possible that Schimel considers Rice just as anti 2A as Eric?
More so?
Unlikely. I suspect its more of them both representing Nassau Co.
From the linked article
“Interestingly, when asked why she is supporting Rice, Schimel pointed to her support of the very microstamping bill that Schneiderman sponsored in the Senate.
“It’s a question of loyalty. She was very active on the microstamping bill,” she said. “I needed the support of the state’s DA’s and she fought to get the support of the state DA association.””
Added Schimel: “She worked Albany for me even before she ran for this job. She worked the floor in the Senate to convince them to support microstamping.