On the surface, endorsed Republican candidate Chrissy Casilio-Bluhm looks like she would make an ideal candidate for just about any public office. She’s young, a self-employed small business owner, a mom, and her father has been the long-time, moderately respected Clarence Town Supervisor.
Dig a little deeper into her social media accounts and the real Chrissy Casilio begins to emerge.
And it isn’t pretty.
Turns out the newly nominated Republican candidate for Erie County Executive is just another MAGA-loving, Qanon conspiracy-fueled, COVID-denying, January 6th supporting quack who shouldn’t even be allowed in the doors of the County Rath building, let alone hold an office on the 16th floor.
WNYmedia has begun to comb through her now-protected Twitter profile (@ChrissyCaBoom) on the internet archive dating back from 2020 until early 2023.
So far it is nothing short of bat-shit crazy.
The kind of crazy that would make any respectable voter in Erie county cringe at the thought of this woman even running, let alone becoming Erie County Executive.
Let’s with the most recent:
DAMAR HAMLIN IS DEAD
Just as recently as last month, Mrs. Caslilo was one of the many MAGA quacks on social media defending and pushing a wildly false and dangerous conspiracy that Buffalo Bills Saftey Damar Hamlin was actually dead from his cardiac arrest event on the field and that the person the Buffalo Bills were parading around was some sort of clone.
Her now-protected Twitter exchange with WKBW anchor Jeff Russo shows how far down the rabbit hole Mrs. Casilio was willing to go to defend and push this wild nonsense:
Just how bad did it get? Well? When the voice of reason is Michael Caputo…You know it was pretty freaking bad:
Casilio should be asked to immediately unprotect her Twitter account.
WAYFAIR AND SEX TRAFFICKING
In 2020, there was a viral conspiracy theory that suggested that Wayfair, an online furniture retailer, was involved in a sex trafficking scheme. The theory was based on the discovery of high-priced cabinets and other furniture items on the Wayfair website with names that appeared to match the names of missing children.
However, there is no credible evidence to support this conspiracy theory, and Wayfair has categorically denied any involvement in sex trafficking or any other illegal activity. The company explained that the high prices were due to a pricing algorithm error, and the product names were generated randomly.
Furthermore, several fact-checking organizations, including Snopes, PolitiFact, and FactCheck.org, have debunked the theory and found it to be baseless. The conspiracy theory appears to be a result of misunderstandings and false connections made by supporters of Qanon
COVID AND RIGGED ELECTION CONSPIRACIES
As Erie County Executive, Casilio would be in charge of departments meant to keep us safe. Departments like the Erie County Health Department and Emergency Services. The last thing Erie County residents should want in a County executive is someone who “100%” thinks the ‘world’s globalists’ purposely created the COVID pandemic to steal an election from Donald Trump
JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION CONSPIRACIES
Casilio has tried peddling this wild January 6th conspiracy that ANTIFA and Democrats were responsible for the violence on the Capitol on January 6th.
She argued with fellow Erie County Executive Candidate Nate McMurray that the guy known as the ‘Qanon Shaman’ was not actually a Trump supporter:
For the record:
The January 6th insurrection at the United States Capitol involved a large number of individuals, many of whom were supporters of former President Donald Trump. The participants included:
- Supporters of Donald Trump: The majority of individuals who stormed the Capitol on January 6th were sup
- porters of Donald Trump, who had been encouraged by the former president to attend a rally in Washington, D.C., that day.
- Far-right groups: The insurrection also involved members of far-right groups, including the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Three Percenters.
- QAnon supporters: QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that believes in a deep state plot against Donald Trump. Many of the insurrectionists were supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
- White supremacists: A number of white supremacists were also involved in the insurrection, including members of the neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Club.
- Militia groups: Some participants in the insurrection were affiliated with militia groups, such as the Michigan Militia and the Boogaloo Bois.
The investigation into the January 6th insurrection is ongoing, and more individuals are being identified and charged in connection with the events of that day. But Casilio thought it cute to make a joke to the FBI and the current Erie County Executive.
This is just a small taste of the completely whacked-out 25+ pages of archived tweets from Republican candidate Chrissy Casilio’s now-protected Twitter account that we will share over the next nine months.
Not quite sure how the Erie County Republican committee is handling the selection process for completely unqualified candidates these days, but we have a pretty good idea:
How the @ERIECOUNTYGOP chose a county executive candidate… pic.twitter.com/gvI9Gju9Sl
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) February 26, 2023
