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Posted on 08/28/2026 7:58:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s recent appearance with President Donald Trump at his county’s police academy — with uniformed cadets and officers sitting behind them — amounted to an improper partisan political rally, Democrats allege in a formal complaint expected to be filed Friday with the state Board of Elections.
The Aug. 14 event featured Republican candidates for Congress from around the state. Several spoke from the rostrum, denouncing Democratic officeholders. Blakeman, who is also running for governor, attacked state policies and Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul during his speech.
Trump took the stage and praised his host after discussing new crime figures.
“We have to get Bruce into office,” Trump said before mentioning Blakeman’s Democratic opponent. “Nowhere is the communist attack on American society more clear than in New York state. The radical-left Gov. Kathy Hochul has been very, very bad on crime.”
The rhetoric and choice of speakers effectively made the event a partisan political rally, New York State Democratic Committee Chair Jay Jacobs said. He said Blakeman improperly used the resources of his public office to benefit his campaign by holding the event in a county-owned facility secured in part by county police.
“Candidate Bruce Blakeman, while accepting public finance dollars to mount a campaign, has exploited the governmental office of Nassau County executive to deploy county funds, facilities and personnel, all in furtherance of his own statewide candidacy,” Jacobs wrote in the complaint, which was reviewed by Gothamist.
State law prohibits the use of public resources for campaign activity. Incumbent officials, including both Hochul and Blakeman, often use their official bully pulpits to make points that are later echoed in campaign advertisements and speeches.
In a statement, Blakeman described the Democrats’ complaint as a “Hail Mary.”
“Of course Kathy Hochul would criticize the president for coming to tour our outstanding law enforcement facilities and honor law enforcement professionals,” he said.
Jacobs said it was far more than a tour.
“This was a campaign rally. It looked like a campaign rally. It smelled like a campaign rally. It is a campaign rally. And that's OK, but then a campaign should pay for it,” he said.
The Washington, D.C.-based watchdog Public Citizen filed a federal complaint against U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche for speaking at the event. Public Citizen said Blanche effectively endorsed Blakeman when the attorney general described the candidate as “great” in a speech.
A Department of Justice spokesperson said the complaint was baseless and politically motivated.
The White House said the gathering was an official event to announce crime statistics. The president subsequently described the event on social media as “a Rally in Nassau County in honor of Bruce Blakeman, who is running for Governor of New York.”
White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said that “extreme liberal Democrats” were deflecting attention from “soft on crime policies.”
“President Trump promised to stand with our law enforcement officers and to deliver safer American neighborhoods,” Bis said.
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‘Rats project.
Trump should offer the same appearance at the academy with Hokul. Then Blakeman will have a commercial of her getting booed.
Here in Virginia, the murder-minded AG has decided to take on sheriffs that don’t agree with the newly-passed law here that says police can’t cooperate with ICE.
“ Virginia AG Jay Jones cracks down on local law enforcement operations with ICE”
“ Now Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is cracking down on local law enforcement agencies that are working with ICE to arrest and deport illegal immigrants.
The attorney general received a tip that the Greene County Sheriff was conducting traffic stops with ICE in violation of state and federal law.”
More at :
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, the sheriff is NOT violating any federal law, and probably not the Virginia law the Dims passed.
What a bunch of crybabies the RATS are.
DemocRATs around the nation complain that President Trump is still breathing.
What a bunch of hypocrites. They pull this kind of nonsense all the time.
From Alinsky:
RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating.
It seems strange that the Dems would go to all this trouble if Gov. Bucktooth is a reelection sure thing.
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