{"id":11510,"date":"2015-05-14T12:07:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11510"},"modified":"2015-05-14T12:07:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T16:07:11","slug":"cuomo-pushed-for-flanagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11510","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo pushed for Flanagan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mental Recession reports, “DeFrancisco Confirms: Cuomo Pressured Republicans on Skelos Replacement”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Upstate conservative Senator John DeFrancisco<\/a> has confirmed that Governor Cuomo<\/a> \u201cmade calls\u201d and pressured Republicans<\/a> to elect his preferred choice, John Flanagan<\/a>, for Senate Majority Leader.\u00a0 In an exclusive report by The Mental Recession<\/a>\u00a0early last week, a high-ranking Senate<\/a> insider said \u201cCuomo is pushing behind the scenes for Flanagan.\u201d … \u201cHe needs to continue the same relationship he had with Skelos<\/a>,\u201d the source stated. \u201cHe\u2019s been able to easily push through his agenda, why would he want it to change?\u201d …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was obvious this was going due to the number of denials I saw.<\/p>\n

The question now is do Republicans want Andrew Cuomo picking their “leaders”?\u00a0 One Senator who voted for Flanagan, Hugh Farley<\/a>, is now looking at a primary challenger<\/a> for ’16.<\/p>\n