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(DC Pundit) – Brian Romero wants to tax the rich, abolish ICE, and free Palestine. What he apparently cannot do is pay his own rent.
Romero, the Democratic Socialist nominee for New York’s 34th Assembly District, quietly launched a GoFundMe campaign asking supporters to help cover his living expenses, then yanked it down faster than you can say “class warfare” once the New York Post came calling with questions.
The fundraiser sought $2,000 to help cover rent and groceries while Romero waited to be sworn into office. According to the Post, the page had already raised more than $1,000 from 13 donors before Romero pulled it Friday. He described creating it as “a mistake” and claimed he did not keep any of the donated money.
“As many of you know, I had to leave my full time job in the legislature when I got on the ballot for our Assembly race,” Romero wrote on the since-deleted page. “I’m excited that we won and I saved for months to get by but I’ve now depleted my savings as I’m close to closing down some consulting gigs.”
Here’s the part that makes this story particularly rich, pun fully intended. Once sworn in, Romero will earn a $142,000 annual salary as a New York state Assembly member, plus legislative per diem payments while the Legislature is in session. He faces no Republican challenger in November in his heavily Democratic Queens district, meaning his path to that six-figure government paycheck is essentially guaranteed.
Jordan Libowitz, vice president for communications at Citizens for Ethics in Washington, told the Post he could not recall another instance of a lawmaker-elect publicly asking for financial assistance while awaiting office. That tracks, most people waiting on a $142,000 salary don’t typically crowd-source their grocery bills.
State payroll records cited by the Post show Romero earned $106,469 last year as a legislative aide. He lives with his partner in a Jackson Heights apartment that rents for approximately $2,600 a month. After removing the GoFundMe, Romero said personal friends stepped in to bridge the gap.
“I have friends I just reached out to directly who said, ‘We’ll take care of it.’ They’re just dear friends who know me, they know politics. They know sometimes these long breaks are really tough,” he told the Post.
Earlier this summer, at a rally, Romero fired up his socialist base with a call to “Abolish ICE! Free Palestine! And tax the motherf-ing rich!” — a crowd-pleasing trifecta that apparently did not include a plan for covering his own monthly expenses in the interim.
Mamdani-backed candidate for New York State Assembly Brian Romero calls on his socialist supporters:
"Abolish ICE! Free Palestine! And tax the motherf-ing rich!” pic.twitter.com/OVfPivQNHi
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 18, 2026
The man who wants to redistribute everyone else’s wealth couldn’t make his own ends meet for a few months between jobs. But sure — hand him the keys to Albany.
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