Former House Democrat targets Trump in bid for political comeback
Former Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski is taking aim at President Donald Trump as he launches a bid to return to Congress.
Malinowski, a former two-term congressman who previously served as a diplomat and State Department official in President Barack Obama’s administration, on Thursday declared his candidacy for the soon-to-be vacant seat in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District.
The seat is currently held by Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who convincingly won Tuesday’s gubernatorial election in New Jersey. Sherrill will be inaugurated as the Garden State’s next governor on Jan. 20, which will trigger a special election to fill her congressional seat.
“I’m running to deliver again what New Jerseyans need — better and lower cost health care, housing, and transportation — and to take on Trump’s corruption, abuse of power, and attacks on democracy. I will be ready for the fight from day one,” Malinowski said in his campaign launch video. […]