Cuomo effigy at gun rights rally roils WNY politics, NY-27 campaign
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The man in the tri-corner hat and blue colonial uniform walked up to the effigy of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo dangling at the side of the stage and began with the first of many indignities, angrily ripping the blue surgical mask off the lifeless figure's face.
Next came the show trial in front a jury of gun rights activists who gathered Saturday outside of Hamburg Town Hall.
"Is Andrew Cuomo guilty of infringement on the Second Amendment right?" the man in the tri-cornered hat, Melbourne Sann, asked the crowd.
"Guilty!" the crowd proclaimed, prompting a man to slap the Cuomo effigy across the rear with what appeared to be the butt end of a rifle.
That was just the start. The mock Cuomo would endure at least five more such blows. Egged on by Sann – who has been displaying his Cuomo effigy at gun rights rallies for years – the crowd pronounced the governor guilty of everything from promoting abortion rights to "putting a surveillance system on the Thruway."
The video of that scene roiled Western New York politics Monday, as Democrats denounced it as a possible precursor to real electoral violence and as aides to Rep. Chris Jacobs – an Orchard Park Republican who spoke at the event – aimed to disassociate himself from it.
Leading the charge for the Democrats was Nate McMurray, Jacobs' opponent both in the June special election that put Jacobs in Congress and in the November election for a full two-year congressional term.
"The hatefulness on display Saturday is a disgraceful new low," said McMurray, who circulated videos of the mock trial as well as Jacobs' speech. "Chris Jacobs and his comrades have fully embraced the worst of Trumpism in Western New York.”
In response, Jacobs spokesman Christian Chase said: “Chris spoke at the beginning of the event and left immediately after his remarks to attend an event in Monroe County. The puppet was not on display during his remarks.”
Pressed for a comment on the mock trial and the subsequent beating of the Cuomo effigy, Jacobs' political consultant, Cam Savage, said that while Jacobs didn't see it, "it seems like an unnecessary attempt at political satire that went too far.”
That's certainly what Democrats think.
"As we have learned through history, disgusting displays, like the one that took place outside the Hamburg Town Hall near Buffalo this past weekend, are often just precursors of potentially even more and real violence coming in the future," said New York State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs. "We can engage in legitimate debate on even the most contentious of issues. But when that debate devolves into the display of violent, hateful symbols, like the hanging in effigy of our governor, decent people everywhere need to speak out."
Erie County Democratic Chairman Jeremy Zellner spoke out, too, calling for Jacobs and Joshua Mertzlufft, a Republican State Senate candidate who spoke at the event, "to denounce this action."
Zellner said there was a noose around the neck of the Cuomo effigy, but video of the event does not show that, and the organizer of the event, Frank J. Panasuk, said Sann did not use a noose during his performance at the rally.
"He could have used a fancy hangman's noose or something like that, and we wouldn't have allowed that," said Panasuk, who heads the 1791 Society, a gun rights group. "And you know, he didn't. It was a puppet, that's all."
What's more, there's nothing new about Sann's act. News accounts show that Sann, of Rome, N.Y., has been traveling with his Cuomo effigy since at least 2014. And a New York Daily News account of a gun rights rally in Albany that year describes him spanking the Cuomo "puppet" with a piece of wood shaped like an assault rifle – until a State Police officer confiscated the piece of wood.
Sann did not return a phone call to the Buffalo News Monday, but in that Daily News account, he described himself as a regular figure at gun rights protests.
"I do it every chance I can get – before we have to come down here with regular weapons," Sann told the Daily News.
McMurray – who said he watched upwards of three hours of video from the rally – said Sann's performance was appalling.
The man in the tri-corner hat and blue colonial uniform walked up to the effigy of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo dangling at the side of the stage and began with the first of many indignities, angrily ripping the blue surgical mask off the lifeless figure's face.
Next came the show trial in front a jury of gun rights activists who gathered Saturday outside of Hamburg Town Hall.
"Is Andrew Cuomo guilty of infringement on the Second Amendment right?" the man in the tri-cornered hat, Melbourne Sann, asked the crowd.
"Guilty!" the crowd proclaimed, prompting a man to slap the Cuomo effigy across the rear with what appeared to be the butt end of a rifle.
That was just the start. The mock Cuomo would endure at least five more such blows. Egged on by Sann – who has been displaying his Cuomo effigy at gun rights rallies for years – the crowd pronounced the governor guilty of everything from promoting abortion rights to "putting a surveillance system on the Thruway."
The video of that scene roiled Western New York politics Monday, as Democrats denounced it as a possible precursor to real electoral violence and as aides to Rep. Chris Jacobs – an Orchard Park Republican who spoke at the event – aimed to disassociate himself from it.
Leading the charge for the Democrats was Nate McMurray, Jacobs' opponent both in the June special election that put Jacobs in Congress and in the November election for a full two-year congressional term.
"The hatefulness on display Saturday is a disgraceful new low," said McMurray, who circulated videos of the mock trial as well as Jacobs' speech. "Chris Jacobs and his comrades have fully embraced the worst of Trumpism in Western New York.”
In response, Jacobs spokesman Christian Chase said: “Chris spoke at the beginning of the event and left immediately after his remarks to attend an event in Monroe County. The puppet was not on display during his remarks.”
Pressed for a comment on the mock trial and the subsequent beating of the Cuomo effigy, Jacobs' political consultant, Cam Savage, said that while Jacobs didn't see it, "it seems like an unnecessary attempt at political satire that went too far.”
That's certainly what Democrats think.
"As we have learned through history, disgusting displays, like the one that took place outside the Hamburg Town Hall near Buffalo this past weekend, are often just precursors of potentially even more and real violence coming in the future," said New York State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs. "We can engage in legitimate debate on even the most contentious of issues. But when that debate devolves into the display of violent, hateful symbols, like the hanging in effigy of our governor, decent people everywhere need to speak out."
Erie County Democratic Chairman Jeremy Zellner spoke out, too, calling for Jacobs and Joshua Mertzlufft, a Republican State Senate candidate who spoke at the event, "to denounce this action."
Zellner said there was a noose around the neck of the Cuomo effigy, but video of the event does not show that, and the organizer of the event, Frank J. Panasuk, said Sann did not use a noose during his performance at the rally.
"He could have used a fancy hangman's noose or something like that, and we wouldn't have allowed that," said Panasuk, who heads the 1791 Society, a gun rights group. "And you know, he didn't. It was a puppet, that's all."
What's more, there's nothing new about Sann's act. News accounts show that Sann, of Rome, N.Y., has been traveling with his Cuomo effigy since at least 2014. And a New York Daily News account of a gun rights rally in Albany that year describes him spanking the Cuomo "puppet" with a piece of wood shaped like an assault rifle – until a State Police officer confiscated the piece of wood.
Sann did not return a phone call to the Buffalo News Monday, but in that Daily News account, he described himself as a regular figure at gun rights protests.
"I do it every chance I can get – before we have to come down here with regular weapons," Sann told the Daily News.
McMurray – who said he watched upwards of three hours of video from the rally – said Sann's performance was appalling.
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McMurray demands Jacobs condemn effigy of Cuomo hanged at weekend rally
Hamburg, N. Y. – The Democratic contender for the 27th Congressional District in New York is calling on his opponent to denounce a controversial display during a rally over the weekend. The allegations stem from a campaign rally attended by Congressman Chris Jacobs over the weekend in Hamburg...
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Gov. Cuomo Hanged in Effigy by Right Wing Extremists in Hamburg - WNYmedia Network - Buffalo, NY
Right-Wing extremists from Erie County held a mock public lynching of NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo in Hamburg on Saturday.
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Only because a tannerite suppository would have required hearing protection.
Deplorable Me
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Several democrats have claimed that rioting, burning and looting are covered by the 1st amendment. Next time feathers, napalm and Zippo.....
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Palin hung in effigy, Bush beheaded on tv, Bush dummy destroyed by bull, that's ok...but no rodeo clowns w/Obama mask
Sarah Palin effigy hung in Halloween display An effigy of U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin hanging by a noose as par...
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Damn crybabies.
Bob
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Here's another article. This one contains a picture of the item in question.
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And if you look closely, it's clearly not a hanging. Rather, it's a marionette. This whole brouhaha is nothing more that Nate McMurray grasping for the last bit of relevance that he can find.
McMurray demands Jacobs condemn effigy of Cuomo hanged at weekend rally
Hamburg, N. Y. – The Democratic contender for the 27th Congressional District in New York is calling on his opponent to denounce a controversial display during a rally over the weekend. The allegations stem from a campaign rally attended by Congressman Chris Jacobs over the weekend in Hamburg...
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And if you look closely, it's clearly not a hanging. Rather, it's a marionette. This whole brouhaha is nothing more that Nate McMurray grasping for the last bit of relevance that he can find.
Saltwater60
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Because they have denounced the actions of those on the left for similar situations?
@thewheels
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Robin
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McMurry is a full blown commie fuck!
Robin
Robin
Pissed Off Patriot
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I rode down with Melbourne to a N.J. gun rally not too long after the big SAFE Act rally. Interesting guy. Glad to see he's still out there riling things up. I meant to give him a call earlier this month too, but got distracted by the Florida life.
Dr. Evil
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Yet this is OK with "them."
Tinman
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Why is it ok for them to do it but not us?
Because "we" don't have an active paramilitary force - AKA Antifa/Black Bloc/BurnLootMurder - to threaten people with.
The threat is implied by ALL DemonRats, whether they actually say it or not.
What's more, there's nothing new about Sann's act. News accounts show that Sann, of Rome, N.Y., has been traveling with his Cuomo effigy since at least 2014. And a New York Daily News account of a gun rights rally in Albany that year describes him spanking the Cuomo "puppet" with a piece of wood shaped like an assault rifle – until a State Police officer confiscated the piece of wood.
Only in NY would a state police officer confiscate a piece of wood because it looked illegal due to the safe act.
Next up- raids on fraternity houses due to wooden paddles.
Must admit, last line of the article, i laughed heartily.
Only in NY would a state police officer confiscate a piece of wood because it looked illegal due to the safe act.
Next up- raids on fraternity houses due to wooden paddles.
Must admit, last line of the article, i laughed heartily.
Carlos Hathcock
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Hamburg decides that public property belongs to "the government".
Guess there was a gathering in Hamburg recently that I wish I could've attended. Appears that the spineless supervisor doesn't like the fact King Kumhole must've put him on notice for letting the peasants show dissention against the king. Facebook Groups Hamburg Supervisor James Shaw wants to...
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