{"id":463491,"date":"2022-06-16T02:25:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T23:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/republicans-troll-bill-de-blasio-on-campaign-trail\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T02:25:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T23:25:17","slug":"republicans-troll-bill-de-blasio-on-campaign-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-troll-bill-de-blasio-on-campaign-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"#Republicans troll Bill de Blasio on campaign trail"},"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-6a2fc23050e6f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fc23050e6f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-troll-bill-de-blasio-on-campaign-trail\/#%E2%80%9CRepublicans_troll_Bill_de_Blasio_on_campaign_trail%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Republicans troll Bill de Blasio on campaign trail&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRepublicans_troll_Bill_de_Blasio_on_campaign_trail%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Republicans troll Bill de Blasio on campaign trail&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The GOP is hoping Bill de Blasio\u2019s political career will go back to sleep for six more weeks of winter.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are trolling the former mayor as he makes a congressional run with various embarrassing animal incidents during his term \u2014 including his fatal dropping of \u201cStaten Island Chuck\u201d on Groundhog Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe honor the fallen pets and animals that used to bless the grounds of New York\u2026 that is, before they met Bill de Blasio. Whether it was a cage, tranquilizer, or ban \u2014 these blessings in disguise are now gone but not forgotten,\u201d reads a June 14 email from the Republican National Committee, that was sent to supporters on Pet Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP is also hitting de Blasio with a string of animal related website trolls referencing specific incidents, such as the untimely deaths of \u201cStaten Island Chuck,\u201d the death of Harlem deer, a runaway Queens bull and even carriage horses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill de Blasio\u2019s failed leadership is a danger to animals and New York,\u201d reads an RNC blog post.<\/p>\n<p>The most infamous incident for de Blasio was his tragic mishandling of \u201cStaten Island Chuck\u201d during a Ground Hog Day ceremony at the borough\u2019s zoo in 2014.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bill-de-blasio-staten-island-groundhog.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Groundhog \" class=\"wp-image-22678643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bill-de-blasio-staten-island-groundhog.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bill-de-blasio-staten-island-groundhog.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bill-de-blasio-staten-island-groundhog.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Mayor de Blasio dropped the Staten Island groundhog Chuck, at the zoo on Feb. 2, 2014. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The woodchuck bit the big one days after the towering de Blasio accidentally dropped it nearly six feet.<\/p>\n<p>Mayoral staffers tried to cover up the death of \u201cChuck\u201d \u2014 who actually turned out to be a female groundhog named Charlotte \u2014 before the truth came out in a damning Post expos\u00e9 that September.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio also caught heat when he infamously feuded with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2016 over how best to deal with deer that was caught in Harlem.<\/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\/06\/harlem-deer-one-antler-2016.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Deer\" class=\"wp-image-22678648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/harlem-deer-one-antler-2016.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/harlem-deer-one-antler-2016.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/harlem-deer-one-antler-2016.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Harlem deer caused some controversy between de Blasio and Cuomo. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Seth Gottfried<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The unlucky buck died from \u201cstress\u201d while in captivity at a Harlem Animal Care and Control center as both pols argued over whether to euthanize him or free him upstate.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP even tried to start a beef with de Blasio by laying blame at his door for a 2017 incident in Queens when a bull escaped a local slaughter house \u2014 and died after cops hit it with multiple found of tranquilizers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhile these situations, specifically, aren\u2019t necessarily what the voters are going to be rejecting per se, they\u2019re more symbolic of a disastrous track record that he has,\u201d RNC spokeswoman Rachel Lee told the Post Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for de Blasio could not be reached for comment by publication time, however, the mayor made light of the groundhog incident in a video earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I\u2019ve made my fair share of mistakes. I was not good with groundhogs at all, probably shouldn\u2019t have gone to the gym, but you know what? We changed things in this town \u2013 pre-K for every child,\u201d de Blasio said in a January video while announcing he would not run for governor.<\/p>\n<p>The specters of a dead groundhog and other furry friends are haunting de Blasio as he runs in the crowded Aug. 23 Democratic primary to represent the newly drawn Congressional District 10 straddling Manhattan and Brooklyn, including his home base in super-blue Park Slope.<\/p>\n<p>Other candidates in the race include City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou, former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, former House impeachment attorney Daniel Goldman and others.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mondaire Jones also jumped in after being pushed out of a Westchester-based race by fellow Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney following an inter-party feud.<\/p>\n<p>A poll conducted May 24-25 by Emerson College Polling\/Pix11\/The Hill found Jones leading the field with 7% support among likely primary voters, de Blasio in second place with 6% despite his nearly universal name recognition.<\/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\/06\/queens-bull-runaway-2017.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bull\" class=\"wp-image-22678640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/queens-bull-runaway-2017.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/queens-bull-runaway-2017.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/queens-bull-runaway-2017.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A bull broke free from a slaughter house in 2017.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dennis A. Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another 77% of poll respondents were undecided.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have little chance of winning the district, where embattled president Joe Biden won 82.5% of the 2020 presidential vote, according to an analysis by CUNY M<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing Services.<\/p>\n<p>Historical trends and the current political zeitgeist, however, suggest they will likely win control of the U.S. House this November without the post-mortem assistance of Charlotte.<br \/>What do you think? Be the first to comment.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC could not confirm by publication time whether it was fundraising off of de Blasio\u2019s congressional run, but a spokeswoman said the GOP is going to be keeping an eye on Congressional District 10 ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna play to win everywhere,\u201d Lee said.\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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