Grimm, Recchia battle in first head to head debate
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm and his opponent, former Councilmember Domenic Recchia, met for their first head-to-head debate Wednesday morning. While the questions from the audience were provocative, it was the candidates’ questions to each other that generated the most heat.
Recchia, a Democrat, asked Grimm how he planned to serve in Congress when he is facing a 20-count federal indictment and is scheduled to stand trial in December. Grimm, a Republican, was indicted in April on fraud and other charges stemming from alleged wrongdoing during his ownership of a health food restaurant prior to his election to congress in 2010. Recchia also sought to paint Grimm as a man with no friends in Washington.
“Your leadership wants no part of you,” he said, referring to House Republican leaders.