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ARPad95

(1,671 posts) Fri May 1, 2020, 11:42 PM May 2020

My Republican County Executive on today's protestors...

“I laugh off the assertions that because I take this virus seriously, and we let data help drive our decisions, that means I’m not a good Republican, or a bad Republican, or not a Republican, whatever they want to call me," he said.

“The reality is, none of these individuals, if they’re questioning my street cred, look it, none of them have my job, OK?” McMahon responded. “And none of them have to come out here and talk about how we just lost another person to COVID-19. And none of them have all the information I have.”

[link:https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/05/gop-county-executive-to-coronavirus-protesters-none-of-them-have-by-job-ok.html|]

I give credit where credit is due. He has done and continues to do a very good job for our county. I hope he at least goes Independent if not Democratic after he reflects on this experience when all is said and done.

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My Republican County Executive on today's protestors... (Original Post) ARPad95 May 2020 OP

A sane repub guy.. refreshing. Cha May 2020 #1

Or what most of today's Republicans fondly refer to as a RINO sandensea May 2020 #2

I live in Onondaga County too eilen May 2020 #3

Cha

(297,323 posts)

1. A sane repub guy.. refreshing.

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Sat May 2, 2020, 12:14 AM

May 2020

sandensea

(21,639 posts)

2. Or what most of today's Republicans fondly refer to as a RINO

Reply to Cha (Reply #1)

Sat May 2, 2020, 01:46 AM

May 2020

"Fondly" as in "they'd kill'em if they could."

From what I've noticed, the more radicalized right-wingers hate RINOs with a lot more intensity than they hate even Democrats, Greens, etc.

I suppose they see them as traitors - and nothing else.

eilen

(4,950 posts)

3. I live in Onondaga County too

Reply to ARPad95 (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2020, 08:33 AM

May 2020

and I watch his public updates after Cuomo's. He is level- headed and fair and is rational. I actually sent him an email with suggestions in case we needed to formalize the stay-in-place measures which luckily, we did not have to. I believe he lifted them in response to that first wave of protests--I think he was looking to defuse the situation. But he did not lift them in an irresponsible manner, at the time our rates were down and number of hospitalized patients were decreasing. I like him.

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