The Democratic Party has a truly pathetic record when it comes to the Staten Island congressional seat.

Since 1980, just two Democrats have held the seat here: Michael McMahon and Max Rose.

Each held the seat for a single, two-year term before being ousted by Republicans.

That’s 45 years of abject political failure.

So now the Democrats are trying to steal what they can’t win fair and square at the ballot box.

A judge has ruled that the current 11th Congressional District, which takes in Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, is unconstitutional.

Those who brought a lawsuit to redraw the district claim that the seat here underrepresents Black and Hispanic voters.

To overcome this inequality, Democrats say that the seat should be redrawn so that Staten Island shares the district with Manhattan communities like Battery Park City, the Financial District and the West Village.

Ah, yes. Those well-known hotbeds of diversity.

The whole situation reeks when you........

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