{"id":450870,"date":"2022-05-22T02:31:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrat-patrick-burke-allegedly-fired-staffers-for-white-supremacy-stance\/"},"modified":"2022-05-22T02:31:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T23:31:07","slug":"democrat-patrick-burke-allegedly-fired-staffers-for-white-supremacy-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrat-patrick-burke-allegedly-fired-staffers-for-white-supremacy-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrat Patrick Burke allegedly fired staffers for white supremacy stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f918ba376c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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mass shooting in Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblyman Patrick Burke\u2019s former staffers told The Post on Saturday the Buffalo Democrat initially planned to speak out against white supremacy on the Assembly floor \u2014 and even asked them to put together a presentation.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ex-staffers said his attitude suddenly changed\u00a0a day later, and they\u00a0were terminated Tuesday, following a heated exchange where they made their concerns known.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u00a0tried\u00a0to say, \u2018Hey, man, you know, we live in this part of Buffalo that people regard as being racist, and we know we have an extremism and a racism problem here in Erie County, and we feel that \u2026 as an office, we got to call this out,\u2019\u201d recalled\u00a0Matthew Dearing, who was Burke\u2019s director of community relations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u00a0said, \u2018No\u2019 \u2014 stick to the program!\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/buffalo-shooting-9.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Buffalo shooting\" class=\"wp-image-22364394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/buffalo-shooting-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/buffalo-shooting-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/buffalo-shooting-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Assemblyman Pat Burke\u2019s ex-staff claims he intended to make a speech denouncing white supremacy after the Buffalo mass shooting but went on to change his mind. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dearing also said Burke made it clear he didn\u2019t want to risk losing his Assembly seat by taking a stance against white supremacy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe proceeded to tell us in no uncertain terms that we were not going to be doing anything substantial about this issue,\u201d Dearing recalled. \u201cHe told us and I quote, \u2018I\u2019m not giving up my seat for this issue.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ex-legislative director Nicole Golias recalled Burke making \u201cfun of\u201d\u00a0a push by Assemblywoman Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster)\u00a0to form a commission to combat white supremacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe made fun of another assemblywoman who was proposing \u2026 a commission on rooting out white supremacy and was saying like, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s gonna be like, futile or hokey,&#8217;\u201d Golias said.<\/p>\n<p>The third person let go was\u00a0Brendan Keany, an ex-communications director.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/payton-gendron-9.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Payton Gendron\" class=\"wp-image-22364401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/payton-gendron-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/payton-gendron-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/payton-gendron-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Staffers claim Burke didn\u2019t want to lose his seat over the issue. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Burke, 37, didn\u2019t return a message Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he previously <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/assemblyman-patrick-burke-fires-three-top-staffers-in-exchange-over-his-response-to-tops-shooting\/article_0678c7ea-d7c2-11ec-be92-6f0bac064400.html\">told the Buffalo News<\/a> his\u00a0former underlings were let go for \u201cgross\u00a0insubordination\u201d following a fierce exchange at his district office, where they accused\u00a0him of being a \u201cpolitical coward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the workers called my family \u2018lily-white,\u2019 in spite of knowing that I have a mixed-race family,\u201d Burke insisted. \u201cI\u2019m married to a woman who is Puerto Rican, and we have three mixed-race children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burke has served on the state Assembly since 2019 and was previously a legislator for Erie County.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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