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3 May, 7 tweets, 2 min read
This sounds like a policy dispute, not a “bullying” concern.
Like, maybe Scott Stringer is personally nasty, but "threatened to oppose me politically if I did not line up with him on this issue" is in-bounds elected official behavior. Nobody would care if they thought Stringer was in the right on the underlying policy.
What happened to "politics ain't beanbag"?
You're a city councilman, diarying like this in public is undignified.
Similarly, I cannot even figure out what the accusation is supposed to be here (small account, but the tweet thread got written up in the NYT). She sent an email to Dems calling Stringer a hypocrite and then he didn't want to work with her... and?
Sorry, I just can't get over "he told me he's never liked me." Oh no, not that!!
When did everyone become such a soft, whiny baby? 2014?

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