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Fact-check: @EliseStefanik claims in her new ad that @TedraCobb was a "Cuomo appointee." The claim has been repeatedly debunked but Stefanik keeps making it. Perry White at @wdtnews , who passed away this year, called the claim "a lie" In 2018. Link in jump. 1/ https://twitter.com/EliseStefanik/status/1303311585759428613
Here's Perry White's exploration of @stefanik's campaign claim about Cuomo's ties to Cobb from the @timesunion . 2/ https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Elise-We-expect-better-from-you-13284457.php
Meanwhile, the North Country politician who IS a recent @NYGovCuomo appointee is Stefanik ally Republican @bettylittle who voiced gratitude this summer after being named to the ORDA board. "I am very grateful Governor Cuomo has entrusted in me..." 3/ https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/little-appointed-to-orda-board/article_ab60c2a9-e2eb-512e-87cf-30d0969e7c9f.html
This ad appears close on the heels of the @wdtnews finding Stefanik made untrue claims about Cobb "plagiarizing" her ideas for helping military families. In fact Cobb did not plagiarize and the ideas originated with other politician. /4 https://www.nny360.com/opinion/columns/asecondopinion/jerry-moore-stefanik-guilty-of-stolen-valor/article_b3e83396-6c49-52b8-bc9c-7c9ebcbe1bbe.html
Journalists have also repeatedly debunked the basis for Stefanik's logic for calling Cobb "Taxin Tedra," a denigrating moniker which doesn't match the facts. This link includes reporting of @pmdemola, @trafficstatic @zdhirsch 5/ https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/37099/20180927/ny-21-stefanik-s-taxin-tedra-claims-are-misleading
There are obviously big policy differences and people make strong cases for supporting both candidates. But this pattern of the @stefanik team basing campaign arguments on claims that prove untrue is remarkable and atypical in North Country #ny21 politics. /End
Correction. @TedraCobb was indirectly appointed to a healthcare panel by NY Health Commissioner Nirav Shah in 2013. https://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/2013-12-02_commissioner_announces_north_country_commission.htm
