Liberal Working Families Party rejects own candidate as MAGA spoiler in NY congressional swing district race

The liberal Working Families Party told its members not to vote on the party’s line in a congressional swing district – over fears the “spoiler” candidate will give Republicans a victory.Desperate party leaders told supporters Monday not to vote for party member Anthony Frascone and instead cast their ballots for Democrat Mondaire Jones in the tight race against first-term Republican Rep.Mike Lawler in the lower Hudson Valley’s 17th District.Leaders of the minor party have bashed Frascone as a plant for Lawler and the Republicans who is running with the intention of splitting liberal votes — but the elusive candidate still managed to qualify for a June primary and defeated Jones for the WFP line.“Normally, NY-WFP encourages voters to vote on the Working Families line in every general election,” the party said in a Monday memo.

“And every two years we must get at least 2% of voters to cast their vote on the WFP line to continue to have a ballot line,” the memo went on.“But because of the dirty electioneering tricks by Lawler’s camp, this year, we are sacrificing 8,000+ votes on the WFP line by asking voters in NY- 17 to vote on the Democratic line instead and defeat the threat of Lawler’s MAGA agenda.”During a press conference in Tarrytown, Party co-director Ana Maria Archila complained at a press conference in Tarrytown that Lawler and the GOP had co-opted the WFP line by running Frascone, a former Republican, to manipulate the primary.She called Frascone a “fake candidate” put up by Lawler and the GOP to “confuse” voters.

But Frascone, 70,defended his candidacy and described himself as a born-again Christian who volunteers as a chaplain at the Rikers Island jail complex.“I’m here to help working families.I’m not a fake,” he told The Post on Monday.

“I’m a biblical person.That’s my focus.

I pray for God’s will.”About 1,900 voters in the 17th district are enrolled in the Working Families party, more than Lawle...