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“It was just over a year ago that we asked Rep. Elise Stefanik and her challenger Tedra Cobb not to lie.
Not when they talked to the voters.
Not when they aired a TV ad.
And not when they posted on social media.”
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“We will no longer quote campaign spokespeople or other representatives. We believe that newspapers, like ourselves, are too often used as the conduit for attacking the opposing candidate.”
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But last week, after an immigration protest at Stefanik’s Glens Falls, NY, office (organized by my fellow activists) where protesters were confronted by Trump supporters, Stefanik refused to reply to a Post-Star request for comment, but had a campaign staffer reply instead. When the reporter reminded said staffer about the newspaper’s policy of not quoting staffers, the reporter was accused of “censorship.”
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“Rep. Stefanik then followed up on social media — both Facebook and Twitter — saying that The Post-Star was engaging in ‘censorship.’
It was an attack directly from the congresswoman.
More importantly, it was not true.”
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This is a great push back, especially on an elected official who refuses to hold town hall meetings.