{"id":17024,"date":"2018-07-11T17:47:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T21:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17024"},"modified":"2018-07-11T17:47:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T21:47:33","slug":"cobb-caught-lying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17024","title":{"rendered":"Cobb caught lying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Congressional candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedracobb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tedra Cobb<\/a> was <a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/new-york-democrat-candidate-says-wants-certain-guns-banned-private-meeting-wont-say-publicly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recorded saying she supports gun bans<\/a>, but won&#8217;t say so in public as it would damage her campaign:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; &#8220;When I was at this thing today, it was the first table I was at, a woman said, \u2018How do you feel about assault rifles?&#8217; And I said they should be banned,&#8221; Cobb can be heard saying <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GALyezAPwZk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the video<\/a> recorded by one of the attendees. &#8220;And I said, you know, people were getting up to go, to go get their lunch because it was a buffet, and I just said to her, I want you to know Cindy, I cannot say that.&#8221; &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I decide to be helpful and send copies of the story to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcapressroom.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legislative Corespondents Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans jump on Cobb:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TedraCobb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TedraCobb<\/a> tell supporters that she supports a gun ban but can&#39;t say that on the campaign trail &quot;because she&#39;ll lose&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NY21?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NY21<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oDTvP7eC14\">https:\/\/t.co\/oDTvP7eC14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Martin (@chrisjdmartin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjdmartin\/status\/1017038715569491968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>As the video starts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/07\/11\/new-york-dem-running-for-us-house-seat-backs-gun-ban-but-wont-say-so-publicly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">becoming more popular<\/a>, the public is reminded that <a href=\"https:\/\/poststar.com\/news\/local\/cobb-takes-paper-s-no-lies-pledge\/article_6082eb84-d857-5613-a2f8-de2d3381b64e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cobb took a pledge to run an honest campaign<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NY-21<\/a> Democratic congressional candidate Tedra Cobb has formally committed to\u00a0<em>The Post-Star<\/em>\u2018s no-lies pledge &#8230; \u201cI have proven myself to be honest and forthright and I will continue to be that way,\u201d she said &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gun control advocates take umbrage at the suggestion they told Cobb to keep quiet:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MomsDemand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MomsDemand<\/a> Action refutes claim in video from Cobb that she was advised to not publicly support an assault weapons ban. &quot;We encourage every candidate to be honest and vocal in their support of a wide range of gun violence prevention laws.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cj2hiUJClR\">https:\/\/t.co\/cj2hiUJClR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Lombardo (@poozer87) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/poozer87\/status\/1017142936423882757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRA<\/a> gets in on the act:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nratv.com\/embed\/videos\/cam-and-company-2018-democrat-tedra-cobb-keeps-quiet-about-desire-for-gun-ban-just-to-get-elected\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/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%3D17024&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; 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&#8220;When I was at this thing today, it was the first table I was at, a woman said, \u2018How do you feel about assault rifles?&#8217; And I said they should [&hellip;]<\/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%3D17024&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=17024\">&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=17024\"><\/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=17024\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2018","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17024"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17035,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17024\/revisions\/17035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}