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Republican New York Assemblyman John Ceretto announced on Tuesday that he will run for re-election in 2016 as a Democrat, prompting one of his fellow Republican assembly members to launch a series of insults at Ceretto on Twitter.
Before serving in the New York state assembly, Ceretto was a member of the Democratic Party, according to The Buffalo News. He switched to the Republican Party in 2006, and he was elected to the assembly as a Republican in 2010. And now he's ready to return to the Democratic party.
Steve McLaughlin on Tuesday called Ceretto an "idiot" and said he had the "intellectual fire power of a squirt-gun."
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"I first got involved in public service to help our neighbors and have always put people ahead of politics, and that wont change," he said in the statement. "Ill continue to work with members on both sides of the aisle to do whats best for our community so that our children dont have to leave to find good jobs and success elsewhere."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/steve-mclaughlin-john-ceretto-democrat-idiot
Assemblyman John Ceretto will become a Democrat
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/08/8574511/assemblyman-john-ceretto-will-become-democrat#
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John was a Democrat before and he often voted with us, and he just feels it's a better fit and we're happy to have him," Heastie said. I just love when people wake up and feel like being a Democrat is the right thing to do.
rasputin1952
(83,130 posts)Nothing wrong w/that!
tularetom
(23,664 posts)He was a Democrat who became a republican who then became a Democrat again.
I would count on him staying put if I was them.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)But he does sound like a *****.