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brooklynite

(93,843 posts)
Fri May 25, 2018, 01:26 PM May 2018

New York Republicans run from Trump

Politico:

NEW YORK — Not since the administration of Teddy Roosevelt has the New York Republican Party staged a convention with one of its own in residence in the White House.

Normally that would be a matter of pride and celebration. But during their two days in Manhattan, GOP delegates put together a ticket on which three of the four statewide candidates either did not vote for Donald Trump or won't say.


And that wasn’t the only way in which the party seemed to distance itself from its theoretical favorite son. Only two of the 40 or so people who spoke during the formal convention proceedings invoked Trump’s name. That means the Republican president of the United States received fewer shout-outs than New York Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, a fellow Republican.

Lack of support for the president may work in favor of Republican candidates in a state where a good poll for Trump finds that only two-thirds of voters in his home state dislike him.
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New York Republicans run from Trump (Original Post) brooklynite May 2018 OP
Except for a couple dipshit Trumpites Congress persons. Historic NY May 2018 #1
Doesn't matter. Once elected, the republicans will no_hypocrisy May 2018 #2
Absolutely. dawg May 2018 #3
"The South" is not New York State... brooklynite May 2018 #4
But it doesn't matter!!! dawg May 2018 #5

dawg

(10,609 posts)
3. Absolutely.
Fri May 25, 2018, 02:52 PM
May 2018

As a Southerner, it boggles my mind that Northern blue state voters never seem to be able to figure that out.

Now my state consistently elects insane right-wing Republicans, so I don't mean to be throwing stones. But we do that because we're a bunch of racist religious freaks who think Jesus wants us to do so. What is New Jersey's excuse? Or Wisconsin's? Or New Hampshire's?

brooklynite

(93,843 posts)
4. "The South" is not New York State...
Fri May 25, 2018, 02:59 PM
May 2018

Politics is different here. It's divided, but not as ideological. Marriage equality was approved by the Republican-controlled Senate; some of the biggest conservative nutcases are Democrats.

dawg

(10,609 posts)
5. But it doesn't matter!!!
Fri May 25, 2018, 03:10 PM
May 2018

Those "moderate" Republicans will empower the national party EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!

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