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George II

(67,782 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 02:33 PM Sep 2018

Citizens Union drops endorsement of Julia Salazar, citing 'not correct' information about her academ

Source: NY Daily News

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Citizens Union drops endorsement of Julia Salazar, citing 'not correct' information about her academic credentials

A good government group has withdrawn its backing of Julia Salazar for state Senate, saying the candidate provided information about her academic credentials that proved to be incorrect.

Citizens Union had previously issued its “preference” — the term the group uses rather than endorsement — for Salazar, whose campaign has been plagued in recent weeks by a series of a revelations about misrepresentations of her past religious and political beliefs and her immigration status.

“Citizens Union is hereby rescinding the preference it expressed for Julia Salazar in the Democratic Primary for New York State Senate District 18,” Randy Mastro, the chair of the group, said in a statement. “Salazar recently admitted that the information she originally provided to Citizens Union about her academic credentials was not correct, so Citizens Union has decided to express no preference in this race.”

A campaign spokesman called it an “error in her endorsement application.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-julia-salazar-unendorsed-academic-credentials-20180911-story.html



This is amazing. First her origin of birth, other inconsistencies, and now this?

And the campaign simply calls it an “error in her endorsement application”!!
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TexasTowelie

(112,207 posts)
2. Misrepresenting one's educational degrees
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 02:55 PM
Sep 2018

is frequently grounds for termination at most employers. Having sat on the other side of the desk as an interviewer I feel comfortable saying that she would be disqualified from consideration.

George II

(67,782 posts)
3. I was thinking the same thing. I don't know what she does for a living, but at every job....
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 02:57 PM
Sep 2018

....where I worked over the years, she'd be terminated immediately.

BamaRefugee

(3,483 posts)
5. Not up to date on this race, is she the only Progressive type candidate?
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 03:29 PM
Sep 2018

God forbid a Republican wins because of this stupidity.

George II

(67,782 posts)
6. Like most Democratic primaries in New York, especially the NYC area, the level of "progressiveness"
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 03:34 PM
Sep 2018

between the candidates is barely distinguishable. Where one candidate is more "progressive" on some issues, the other candidate is more "progressive" on others.

BamaRefugee

(3,483 posts)
7. I understand that, lived in Manhattan for many years,just curious if there is someone else Dems or..
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 03:52 PM
Sep 2018

...Progressives can vote for, or is it just her and a Republican (I'm sure there's a Green and others too)

George II

(67,782 posts)
9. Her Democratic opponent, Martin Dilan, was born....
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 04:02 PM
Sep 2018

....in the district and has been their State Senator for three terms. He is very well known (having lived in the neighborhood for 60+ years) and popular.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
14. Don't you wish...
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 08:45 PM
Sep 2018

someone in the Trump administration had heard of "vetting"? It's quite apparent no one was vetting Trump's "best people", even in a cursory manner.

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