Republican congressional hopeful Dan Donovan warned Democrats Sunday not to make a political issue out of the grand jury's decision in the Eric Garner chokehold case.
"Those 23 people who got a jury notice… they're the only people who heard all the evidence and deliberated," said Donovan on John Catsimatidis's radio show on Sunday morning.
"You may not agree with it — but respect it," he said, referring to the Dec. 3 decision not to indict the police officer involved in Garner's death.
Donovan, who tried the Garner case as Staten Island District Attorney, also pushed back against calls to reform the grand jury process.
"Our system is the best in the world, there's none better than our system in the world," he said. "We have to be real cautious if people want to jump ahead and disrupt the proceedings of the grand jury if they disagree with one matter."
Donovan said he was "thrilled" to earn support of Staten Island Republicans who voted to give him their party's nomination for Congress on Saturday after Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island) resigned from office last week.
He vowed to help New Yorkers still suffering more than two years after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy and work on immigration and national security issues.
"Government should do what people can't do for themselves," he said. "We ought to pick up their garbage, protect you and come to your aid in a crisis."
The race has drawn national interest from both parties.
Democratic party leaders and left-leaning activists have vowed to protest campaign events if Donovan is the nominee.
Gov. Cuomo has not called a special election in the race but Donovan has already declared he has a "head start" thanks to support in Staten Island and Washington.
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island) is also lobbying Brooklyn Republicans and Conservative Party members to get on the party line.
Democrats in Staten Island and Brooklyn have yet to field a candidate but several pols, including Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D-Staten Island) and Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge) have expressed interest.
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