{"id":2221911,"date":"2024-04-15T22:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T02:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barstool-sports-personality-turned-new-york-candidate-slams-gop-for-attempting-to-remove-candidates-from-ballot\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T22:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T02:56:42","slug":"barstool-sports-personality-turned-new-york-candidate-slams-gop-for-attempting-to-remove-candidates-from-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barstool-sports-personality-turned-new-york-candidate-slams-gop-for-attempting-to-remove-candidates-from-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Barstool Sports personality and current New York candidate criticizes GOP for trying to eliminate candidates from the ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Fbarstool-sports-personality-turned-new-york-candidate-slams-gop-for-attempting-to-remove-candidates-from-ballot%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=2221911&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>Bill Cotter, also known as &#8220;Billy Football&#8221; from \u2062Barstool Sports, recently announced his candidacy as a Republican for New York&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District, aiming to fill the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-speaker-vote-livestream-mike-johnson-seeks-to-secure-gavel-in-fourth-ballot-vote\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson aims to win House speaker position in fourth ballot vote, livestreamed.\">position left vacant<\/a> by George Santos. He has accused Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Cairo and his rival Mike LiPetri of attempting to eliminate other Republican candidates from the primary\u2063 ballot, sparking controversy in the race.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bill Cotter, known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barstool-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Barstool Sport\">Barstool Sport<\/a>\u2018s \u201cBilly Football,\u201d announced his bid in March to run as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York\">New York<\/a>\u2018s 3rd Congressional District, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-quietly-removes-law-that-prioritized-immigrants-who-were-less-likely-to-need-welfare\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Quietly Removes Law That Prioritized Immigrants Who Were Less Likely To Need Welfare\">previously held<\/a> by expelled Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-santos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"George Santos\">George Santos<\/a>, but now the congressional candidate is taking on his own party.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old called out Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Cairo and his primary opponent Mike LiPetri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C5zMKKMv-K7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"in a press conference Monday night\">in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a> Monday night<\/a>, making claims that they were attempting to \u201cremove every other Republican candidate in this race from the primary ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn this race, there is a coordinated, intentional effort to remove every candidate from the ballot except one. Again, we do not know if the Nassau GOP, Joe Cairo, or Mike LiPetri are the agents behind this,\u201d Cotter said, standing in front of the the Nassau Republican Party headquarters in Westbury, New York.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cHowever, we do know that these onerous, restrictive ballot access rules are being used in New York\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, right now, in this race, to prevent the Republican primary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cotter explained that every candidate in the race had submitted more than the minimum number of signatures required to be on the ballot but suspiciously, all of the Republican primary challengers to LiPetri are having their signatures challenged.<\/p>\n<p>He questioned how there were two signature challengers that used identical challenge forms, the same notary for the challenge forms, and are submitting identical lists of challenged signatures for each candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The former All-State football player acknowledged that New York has \u201conerous ballot access rules\u201d and \u201cchallenging ballot access signatures\u201d are par for the course in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing being done is illegal, but just because something is legal doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s right,\u201d Cotter said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cThis use of the rules is going to kill competition and prevent a lively, spirited contest for the Republican nomination. It is going to cause Republicans in New York\u2019s 3rd District to be disenfranchised by making the Republican nomination a selection rather than an election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Barstools Sports star said the primary is key to helping the chances of Republicans being elected in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUtilizing procedural tricks to knock all but one candidate off the ballot represents corruption of the worst kind,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Democratic Party has been engaging in a sustained effort to keep President Trump off the ballot in November, and this effort is no different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Nassau GOP, Joe Cairo, or Mike LiPetri are, in fact, behind this effort, we call on them to end it by having these two individuals withdraw their challenges,\u201d Cotter said in his press conference.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Santos previously held the seat until he was ousted from Congress in December 2023. Cotter is competing against challengers Michael LiPetri Jr, Michael Mandel, and Jim Toes in the Republican primary scheduled on June 25, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He famously <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylertreese\/status\/1357897091075477505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"knocked out\">knocked out<\/a> former Major League Baseball slugger Jose Canseco in less than 20 seconds and walked away with $50,000 in prize money during a fight at Barstool Sports\u2019s Rough N\u2019 Rowdy PPV. The political upstart said he used his prize money to launch his campaign for Congress. He is a self-proclaimed \u201cfifth generation New Yorker\u201d and a \u201cproud conservative\u201d on his <a href=\"http:\/\/billcotterforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"campaign website\">campaign website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Cotter, Barstool Sports&#8217; &#8220;Billy Football,&#8221; declared his Republican candidacy for New York&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District after George Santos&#8217; expulsion. However, the 25-year-old candidate now challenges his own party. 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