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Race About Race? Faso Attack Ads Call Rhodes Scholar Delgado 'Big City Rapper'
U.S. Rep. John Faso, a Republican representing New York’s 19th Congressional District, which includes the mid-Hudson Valley is seen as vulnerable this year.
And now, Faso's campaign has resorted to racist attack ads calling Delgado a "big city rapper," according to multiple reports.
The district, encompassing 11 counties including Dutchess, has been represented by Republicans for eight years. However, voter registration is nearly equally split among the GOP, Democrats and unaffiliated voters.
Faso’s Democratic challenger is Antonio Delgado of Rhinebeck, a former rapper, Rhodes sc…