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ALBANY The Senates top Republican on Monday slammed the states big teachers union Monday as one of the forces of evil for backing Democrats trying to wrestle control of the state Senate.
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, whose Republican Partys sole base of power in state government is facing its most serious threat in this falls general elections, lashed out at the New York State United Teachers union, saying it has gratuitously targeted Senate Republicans for defeat.
Flanagan, a Suffolk County Republican, labeled the union as one of the outside forces trying to oust Republicans.
Almost like forces of evil, he said on public radios "The Capitol Pressroom" on Monday morning.
By the afternoon, Flanagan was calling on the state elections board to investigate what he called illegal coordination between a NYSUT-funded Super PAC, called Fighting for our Future, and Senate Democratic candidates in several battleground contests. The Buffalo News over the weekend reported the PAC has already spent $1.4 million recently trying to elect Senate Democratic candidates in Long Island, Hudson Valley and the Syracuse area.
https://buffalonews.com/2018/10/15/senate-gop-leader-calls-teachers-union-a-force-of-evil/
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)Are there any GOPers who are not cultists?
msongs
(67,395 posts)ffr
(22,669 posts)Bye-bye weirdo republican thieves. The majority of American are going to speak in a few weeks. You can take your rhetoric with you.
DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)David__77
(23,372 posts)It has long struck me as curious that Republicans controlled the state senate in New York. I hope the Democrats dont give them built-in advantages in the next redistricting.