{"id":16023,"date":"2018-02-19T07:56:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16023"},"modified":"2018-02-19T07:56:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:56:44","slug":"text-book-example-of-a-political-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16023","title":{"rendered":"Text book example of a political stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shelleybmayer\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer<\/a>, who is running for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012s\/SD_map_rep_37.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open SD-37 seat<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/news\/politics\/politics-on-the-hudson\/2018\/01\/30\/date-set-senate-special-election-westchester\/1079585001\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April&#8217;s special election<\/a>, organized a protest outside <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westchestergop.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westchester GOP<\/a> HQ in an attempt to intimidate the opposition.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"cbsembed\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/embed.radio.com\/clip\/65844a16-3f14-4bb0-906e-a88b016a0a5c?ads_ga_page_tracker=UA-17434257-1&#038;station_id=\" frameborder=\"0\" \/><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I would have gone out there with a plate full of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Hostess-reg-Sno-Balls-10-5-oz-Box-6-Count\/42679329\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sno balls<\/a> to hand out to all the snowflakes.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans need to recognize fake astroturf stunts like this and counter-attack when confronted by them.  The surest way to do that is make it clear you do not take the protestors or their issue seriously and laugh at them.  Nothing upsets antigunners and &#8220;progressives&#8221; than being laughed at.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D16023&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16023\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16023\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=16023\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, who is running for the open SD-37 seat in April&#8217;s special election, organized a protest outside Westchester GOP HQ in an attempt to intimidate the opposition. I would have gone out there with a plate full of sno balls to hand out to all the snowflakes. 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