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Ex-GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa starts new political club in Queens, to take on DSA pols

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Posted on February 22, 2023

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Curtis Sliwa, the 2021 GOP mayoral nominee and the founder of the Guardian Angels, has launched a new political club in Astoria Queens aimed at breaking up the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) stronghold in western Queens, he announced in a release Wednesday.

The new group, which Sliwa has dubbed the “Ronald Reagan Republican Club,” is intended to challenge DSA-backed pols who represent the area including Congress Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Queens) and City Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D-Queens).

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Ex-GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa starts new political club in Queens, to take on DSA pols

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