A former investment banker who challenged Rep. Jerrold Nadler for his U.S. House seat and lost in the Tuesday primary confused a quote from the popular Broadway musical “Hamilton” and attributed it to the real founding father.
“As Alexander Hamilton says, ‘This is not a moment, this is the movement,’” Oliver Rosenberg said during a debate on WYNC’s The Brian Lehrer Show between the two Democratic candidates on Monday. “‘Foes oppose us. We take an honest stand. We roll like Moses claiming our promised land.’ Rise up, rise up and vote.”
Indeed, the quote was not actually said by the author of the Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, but instead said by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the Broadway musical with the same name.
Also, earlier in the debate Rosenberg channeled the eccentric Jimmy McMillan of the political party “The Rent Is Too Damn High Party” by saying, “The rents are too damn high.” McMillan, who ran for unsuccessfully governor of New York in 2010, retired last year but was known for his quirky statements.
Nadler soundly defeated Rosenberg on Tuesday.