Brooklyn, NY – NYS Jewish Assemblyman Will Cast Vote For Speaker Ryan In Presidential Election

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    HikindBrooklyn, NY – Two months after posting a video to YouTube saying that he was reluctantly endorsing Donald Trump for president by default, a Brooklyn assemblyman has reversed his position, saying that he will not be voting for either of the two major candidates in the upcoming presidential election.

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    Assemblyman Dov Hikind announced today that when he goes to cast his ballot next week, his choice for president will be a write in candidate, House speaker Paul Ryan.

    “Paul Ryan represent everything that is beautiful about America,” Hikind told VIN News. “He supports the Israeli-American relationship and is such a mentsh.”

    Hikind acknowledged that by voting for Ryan he will be casting his ballot for a candidate who cannot possibly win the election.

    “I have never in my life done anything like this, but never ever have we had such sad, unfortunate, pathetic choices like we have this year,” said Hikind.

    Hikind, a Democrat, said that he refused to support Hillary Clinton, for numerous reasons, including her support of the Iran deal, and that Trump’s behavior makes him an untenable choice for president.

    “Trump has disqualified himself a thousand different times and Hillary Clinton is a disaster,” said Hikind. “I know one of them will be president but I don’t want to be responsible for that in any way.”


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    7 years ago

    Well lets put things in perspective. I know that just a couple of years ago Senator Hillary Clinton personally fund-raised for Dov in midwood. So yeah no suprise

    akraus88
    akraus88
    7 years ago

    Then stay home Mr. Assemblyman.

    Boochie
    Boochie
    7 years ago

    Why do we keep voting this guy into office

    He has been there 20+ yrs what had he done?

    Pragmatist
    Pragmatist
    7 years ago

    He is wrong because a vote for Ryan is like a vote for the tooth fairy. This is not a contest between good and better: it’s between terrible and maybe terrible. Hillary is a known entity: she will be a disaster for the country if elected. Trump is an unknown entity: he maybe a disaster but then on the other hand he may not be. The two things going for Trump are that he is not a politician and he certainly knows ho to run a business. I am fed up with politician, and this including the ones that serve in the most dysfunctional and corrupt state legislature in the nation – The make the old Boss Tweed gang look like choir boys.

    mythoughts
    mythoughts
    7 years ago

    Who care who your voting for? Your vote is worth the same as everybody else’s.

    ayinglefunadorf
    ayinglefunadorf
    7 years ago

    His vote will go to Hillary. Every single vote in NY will be counted for Hillary. The more people vote for Trump, Ryan or anyone else Hillary gets it automatically. That’s how the Electorates in NY work.

    7 years ago

    Paul Ryan is not running for the office of the presidency. He does not wish to be president at this time. I am missing the point Mr. Hikind wishes to make.

    7 years ago

    vote hikind out and vote for TRUMP .TRUMP good for america good for israel. vote TRUMP

    7 years ago

    I recently met Dov and asked him who he is voting for. He said, both are terrible choices and he’ll not be voting this year for either one. I agreed with him 100% and told him that if these 2 candidates are the best that we can do, then it’s a sad testament of the US political system and we are in big trouble.

    DMD45
    DMD45
    7 years ago

    Hikind’s wasted vote is actually a vote for Hillary—anything but a Trump vote is a vote for Hillary–Dov, be truthful to our Jews and vote for Trump and Am Yisroel LOUDLY, OPENLY, and PUBLICLY !!!!! דמד

    zelmo
    zelmo
    7 years ago

    Dov,
    I agree with you that Paul Ryan represent everything that is beautiful about America, He supports the Israeli-American relationship and is such a mentsh.
    So, Dov do what this mentsh did and vote for Donald Trump. If it is good enough for him, it should be good enough for you. Hold your nose and vote. Just like I did from Efrat.

    bsnow
    bsnow
    7 years ago

    He a fool. He’s vote his for Hillary.
    Mr Hikand we will remember!

    AuthenticSatmar
    AuthenticSatmar
    7 years ago

    By going public he’s making a vote for himself. He’s trying to gain favor with people like Paul Ryan who are in a position to further his career. For years he supported Hilary because he believed that doing so would lead to good results. Unfortunately it backfired terribly. He was almost redistricted out of a job.
    This is not about the community it’s about Hikind.

    thegreatone
    thegreatone
    7 years ago

    This is great about America. We are all free to vote for anyone we wish.

    A vote for Ryan is a waist and a publicity stunt.
    Trump is a baffone and a bully.

    I will vote for Hillary. Even though she lied etc etc. In my opinion she knows NY well. She knows the frum community. She did favors for Jews before and hopefully she will be good for Jews.
    All you flaming Zionists just leave us Jews alone and dont drive us Mushuga with Israeli politics.

    DanielBarbaz
    DanielBarbaz
    7 years ago

    Does anybody think that perhaps the Clintons and the democratic machine are pressuring Hikind? Naw, no way. The Clintons don’t work like that.

    DanielBarbaz
    DanielBarbaz
    7 years ago

    Few people remember this, but during the 2012 election when Mitt Romney warned about the Russians, Obama poked fun at him, reminding him that the “Cold War” was over. Has Obama ever been right about anything??

    begtodiffer
    begtodiffer
    7 years ago

    All of Trump’s grandchildren are jewish. He has been a strong financial supporter of Israel. He supports the settlements,will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,calls a terrorist just that,has 3 orthodox jews as his main advisers on Israel,strongly dislikes the Iran deal (calls it a disaster),wants a conservative scotus,will protect the borders,is strong on law and order (respects the police) has had approximately 1000 businesses (4 went bankrupt) and often builds things under cost in less time (contrary to the gov.). HRC hugged Suha Arafat after she said a blood libel on the jews of Israel,has been against settlements and development in Jerusalem,backs j street an antiisrael organization full of arabs ,israeli jewish leftists,self hating american jews (including her jewish mechutanim),was and is a strong supporter of the Iran deal,has received donations from Qatar,Saudia Arabia,Morocco,to the Clinton “corrupt” Foundation,received kickback donations from Pharma (developer of expensive HIV meds which was mandated and caused a huge burden on the cost of health insurance),gave only 5% of charitable donations to Haiti (pocketed 95%),received debate questions in advance,failed her law boards and apparently cheated to pass them on the 2nd try,can’t call a terrorist a terrorist,will encourage a huge influx of refugees from Syria (which we can’t properly vet),supports open borders,incites racial unrest (Charleston riotd,chicago -caught on tape) wants a leftist scotus,backs abortion in the 9th month of pregnancy,has lied frequently and slandered opponents throughout her political career. Enough said. The choice is very clear. Vote Trump!