{"id":1107117,"date":"2021-12-10T18:44:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T23:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1107117"},"modified":"2021-12-10T18:44:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T23:44:22","slug":"exclusive-elise-stefanik-calls-for-saratoga-party-chair-to-resign-democrat-primary-is-a-trainwreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-elise-stefanik-calls-for-saratoga-party-chair-to-resign-democrat-primary-is-a-trainwreck\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014 Elise Stefanik Calls for Saratoga Party Chair to Resign: Democrat Primary Is a \u2018Trainwreck\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-elise-stefanik-calls-for-saratoga-party-chair-to-resign-democrat-primary-is-a-trainwreck%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1107117&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) weighed in on Friday on the Democrat Party infighting in her district, saying the Saratoga Democrat Party chairman should resign following two of Stefanik\u2019s Democrat challengers accusing the chairman of sexism and homophobia.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik\u2019s campaign said in a statement to Breitbart News that Saratoga County Democratic Committee chairman Todd Kerner \u201cshould be ashamed\u201d after a remark one of Stefanik\u2019s challengers in the 21st Congressional District, Bridie Farrell, said Kerner made to Farrell during a phone call.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere is no doubt that sexist, Cuomo crony Saratoga County Democrat Chair Todd Kerner must resign. He should be ashamed and is a disgrace,\u201d Stefanik\u2019s campaign stated.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell, a Democrat and former speed skater who announced she was running for office in July,&nbsp;said in a fundraising email that Kerner called her to tell her to drop out of the race and that when she noted Kerner had not even met with her yet, Kerner replied, \u201cAs a man, I\u2019m not comfortable meeting with you alone\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.59375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs a man, I\u2019m not comfortable meeting with you alone.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read my email below. RT if you too think this is BS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/feoX5rXQco\">pic.twitter.com\/feoX5rXQco<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bridie Farrell (@BridieForUs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BridieForUs\/status\/1469058841249726468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Democrat attorney Matt Putorti, who announced his bid to unseat Stefanik in June, piled on to Farrell\u2019s criticisms, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattPutorti\/status\/1469108329096097794?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a>&nbsp;in a social media thread that he believes Farrell\u2019s claim and that Kerner should resign.<\/p>\n<p>Putorti also charged that both Kerner and other state Democrat chairs have conveyed a homophobic attitude toward him, noting they \u201chave also insinuated to my team that I cannot win because I\u2019m gay\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.284210526316\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That said, you and other chairs have also insinuated to my team that I cannot win because I\u2019m gay. And are attempting to rig the process against a woman as well. This is not what our party stands for. And again, you should resign.7\/7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Putorti (@MattPutorti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattPutorti\/status\/1469108337539231745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kerner replied to Farrell\u2019s email in a public Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaratogaCtyDems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>, accusing her of \u201cblatantly lying.\u201d Kerner said he and numerous other party chairs in New York unanimously determined another Democrat candidate, Matt Castelli, was most qualified to challenge Stefanik.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Kerner argued, \u201cMs. Farrell told me she should be the candidate as she was the only female on the Democratic side. My answer to her was as a party we should not base decisions on a person\u2019s race, sex, or religion.\u201d Kerner claimed Farrell had previously canceled two meetings with him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Farrell then said in a follow-up fundraising email that Kerner was deleting comments on his Facebook post:<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\"attachment_19087842\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/Dem-fundraising-email.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19087842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dem-fundraising-email-700x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dem fundraising email\" width=\"700\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(screenshot)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kerner had also been commenting on Twitter on the accusations against him, but as of the time of this writing, his Twitter account appeared to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddkerner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nonexistent<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19087922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/Dems-deleting-comments.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19087922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dems-deleting-comments-734x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dems deleting comments\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(screenshot)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stefanik\u2019s campaign said of the intraparty conflicts, \u201cNorth Country Democrats continue to implode \u2013 whether it\u2019s the multiple arrests of local Democrat elected officials for criminal possession of cocaine, the Democrat County Committees\u2019 backroom deals to bow to DC, New York City, and Cuomo crony political consultants to force a Far-Left downstate candidate on the voters, or the North Country Democrats\u2019 sordid and long history of sexism and embrace of sexist smears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Republican\u2019s campaign added,&nbsp;\u201cThis is the biggest and earliest political implosion we have seen yet for North Country Democrat committees and candidates \u2013 a true achievement based on their historic and massive losses in every single election against Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eliseforcongress.com\/third-downstate-democrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castelli<\/a>, a former CIA officer and the candidate who earned the backing of Kerner\u2019s group of county Democrat bosses, has \u2014 along with both <a href=\"https:\/\/eliseforcongress.com\/statement-from-the-stefanik-campaign-on-third-far-left-socialist-democrat-to-announce-their-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farrell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/eliseforcongress.com\/new-york-city-far-left-lawyer-changes-voter-registration-from-new-york-city-to-washington-county-two-weeks-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Putorti<\/a> \u2014 come under fire from Stefanik\u2019s campaign for having never voted in the 21st District before and for only just registering to vote ahead of their congressional runs. Farrell has also taken heat for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/democrats-who-want-take-stefanik\/183964\/\">declining<\/a> in a <em>City &amp; State<\/em> interview to say how long she has actually lived in the district as an adult.<\/p>\n<p>The Stefanik campaign concluded, \u201cAs this trainwreck of the Democrat primary continues, the reality is every Democrat candidate is a Far Left Socialist who supports Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi\u2019s failed agenda that voters will resoundingly reject. This is why Elise earns support from Republicans, Independents, and Democrats for her record of results for the North Country. Team Elise can\u2019t wait for 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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