Randy “Iron Stache” Bryce gets in on the New York City fundraiser game — of a different sort
NEW YORK CITY — On Tuesday night, the man running to unseat House Speaker Paul Ryan in the 2018 midterm election held a political fundraiser in New York City. But despite the pricey zip code, this fundraiser was more $10 pints than it was $1,000 plates.
That was the scene at a small dive bar in Manhattan’s East Village where union laborers, young progressives and a few Hollywood stars filed in to meet Randy Bryce.
“I’ve been just so happy to get the opportunity to get in the Republicans’ face until we all have dirt floors in our house,” the Wisconsinite told the crowd. “Because I’m convinced that’s what they want.”
Since entering the race, Bryce has become something of an icon among the left. The union ironworker and cancer survivor who goes by the name @Ironstache on Twitter — a nod to his thick black mustache — embodies the working class ethos that Democrats fear they have let slip away in recent elections. Read more (7/25/17)