Leora Levy is at it again. Angry Greenwich Republican blasts Klarides in buckshot negative ad.

Wealthy Greenwich Republican Leora Levy inhabits a dark and dreary world. The Republican National Committee member makes the risible claim in her most recent ad that she is an outsider in the world of politics. The U.S. Senate hopeful tears some bark off party-endorsed rival Themis Klarides by accusing her of acknowledging systemic racism exists and supporting the use of mail-in ballots during the global pandemic.

Levy’s menacing voiceover artist’s script claims that mail-in ballots made it easier for Democrats to cheat. If the retired commodities trader is aware of cheating in Connecticut in the 2020 election, she failed to provide any evidence of voter fraud in Connecticut. In light of Donald Trump’s ongoing scheming to overturn the results of his 7 million vote loss to Joe Biden, why is Levy sure it’s only Democrats who cheat?

Levy, according to her most recent campaign finance report, has loaned $800,000 to her campaign. She has raised far less than that in individual contributions, despite years of fundraising for the establishment Republicans she now holds in contempt. Levy has earned one unusual claim in this bitter contest. She’s won more endorsements from U.S. senators than from Connecticut state senators.

The latest broadside from Levy repeats the accusation that Klarides is not “one of us.” How is it that Levy designates someone she has been with in the tiny world of Connecticut Republican politics is suddenly an alien, not “one of us”? The tactic can be seen as vulgar, the word Levy used to describe Trump in 2016. The transformation is complete. Levy is the refugee from tyranny who despises others yearning for the life she enjoys.

Published July 20, 2022.