A quick look around the Erie County Republican and Conservative Party circus
Over the last couple of days, Local Republicans and Conservatives got all excited about their latest culture war.
They waxed up the clown car, put on their best clown outfits, and then continued to trip over their own clown shoes all across Erie County.
Vaccinations and States of Emergency for Thee But Not for Me
Erie County MAGAts spent the last few days urging Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz to issue a “state of emergency” over the possible influx of asylum seekers who could be coming to Erie County over the next few weeks.
Poloncarz rightfully refused:
I won't be declaring a state of emergency regarding the possibility that legal asylum seekers may be housed in our county. I will not be issuing an emergency order prohibiting the housing of such persons. Not only is such an order illegal, it is morally repugnant. Full statement: pic.twitter.com/K8iT7253PE
— Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) May 20, 2023
So hypocrites like Rep. Nick Langworthy, who spent the better half of the last three years railing against vaccines and demanding that the state of emergency be lifted during the pandemic suddenly have changed their tune:
Langworthy said he had concerns that migrants could spread polio, measles and hepatitis if they came here unvaccinated.
“Many of the migrants don’t have a record of the vaccinations,” he said. “Meanwhile, we were firing nurses that were so desperately needed because they refused to get a vaccination.”
Langworthy said “small, rural schools” in his district, which includes parts of the Southern Tier, could be overwhelmed in the fall if migrants settle there from New York City.
Illegally Parked while Railing on Illegals
While desperately trying to revive her dying campaign for County Executive, Republican Candidate Chrissy “CABOOM’ Casilio thought it would be ‘totally fine’ to park her car illegally near the Rath Building press conference where she was literally calling for ‘more accountability’ in county government.
You can’t make it up.
@ChrissyCasilio you and your campaign staff always illegally park in #ErieCounty when railing against “illegals”? #ShesMovingRightNow @ERIECOUNTYGOP pic.twitter.com/G8YPhZR2sE
— WNYmedia Network (@wnymedia) May 23, 2023
The Best Infighting is Republican Infighting
Erie County Conservatives then took a potshot at their very own endorsed candidate for County Executive Chrissy Casilio over something Republican legislator Jim Malczewski said to the Buffalo News.
Asked whether he thought Bratek-Lorigo was using the issue for political gain in an effort to stake out a more conservative position before the June primary, Malczewski said: “Absolutely. She’s a 25-year-old girl with no experience and she’s reaching for a headline. That’s all it is.”
Lorigo demandied Republican leadership hold Malczewski accountable for saying his 25-year-old opponent ‘has no experience’. Or was it that he called her a ‘girl’?
“We are disgusted and appalled about the comments by Jim Malezewski. Primaries can bring about tough conversations, but there is no place for sexist, misogynistic attacks in any campaign. Chrissy Casilio, our county executive candidate, as well as every other Republican and Conservative candidate running for office, should immediately denounce these comments and call them out for what they are – sexism,” said the officials.
Signing onto the statement were a number of Conservative ‘deplorable’s’, most of whom probably didn’t even know what they were signing onto:
- Gerry Kassar – NYS Conservative Chair
- Ralph Lorigo – Erie County Conservative Chair
- Tim Howard – Wales Town Supervisor
- Geoff Hack – Holland Than Supervisor
- Warne Clark – Elma Town Supervisor
- Nite Cirocco – Former Elma Republican Chair
- Sue Howard – Conservative Grassroots Leader
- Fave Pietrack – Conservative Executive Board
- Deb LeMaster – Conservative Executive Board
- Pat Hicks – Conservative Executive Board
- Nancy Orticelli – Conservative Executive Board
- Russ Gugino – Conservative Executive Board
- Ray Gallagher – Conservative Executive Board/Former NYS Senator
кто-то облажался
The Cheektowaga Republican Committee’s attempt to step into 2023 by adding some slick QR codes to their recent candidate literature appears to have backfired spectacularly.
Instead of pointing to a candidate’s website, or even a donation link, the QR code on their candidate lit points people to some random Russian websites.
Go ahead and try it for yourself:
