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[Bob Capano -- CITY COUNCIL (Logo)]
LINDA SARSOUR WELCOMED TO BROOKLYN
CITY COUNCIL RACE
CAPANO: SARSOUR
IS "RADICAL AND WRONG"
August 8th, 2016
{Brooklyn, NY} –
Bob Capano, a staunch supporter of the NYPD and the leading Republican
City Council candidate for Brooklyn's 43rd district (Bay Ridge, Dyker
Heights, Bensonhurst) race next year, welcomed Linda Sarsour to the
contest by calling her "radical and wrong" after she all but
declared her candidacy in a recent interview. Councilman Vincent Gentile
will be vacating the seat next year due to term limits.
Sarsour, who is
Executive Director of the Arab-American Association of New York, stated
in an interview with Brooklyn Paper Radio, "Someone who
is Arab-American is definitely running in 2017. That is a
fact". It has been widely reported over the past year that
Sarsour has a strong interest in being the Democratic candidate
to replace Gentile.
Capano, who
manages a business and is an adjunct Professor of Political Science, has
been a fierce critic of Sarsour and said that she is "radical
and wrong on many issues, and has a long record of extreme rhetoric and
actions". He added, "I look forward to highlighting the polar
opposite visions Ms. Sarsour and I have for our city, and bringing new
leadership to City Hall." Capano noted that as he
was walking through the 68th Precinct National Night Out
Against Crime in Bay Ridge last week with former Brooklyn GOP Chairman
Craig Eaton, a number of residents, including several Arab-Americans,
commended his outspoken criticism of Sarsour.
Mr. Capano
pointed to her participation at an anti-police protest outside of Gracie
Mansion on December 3, 2015 where Sarsour was arrested. Video
from the protest shows one of the participants yelling in the face of a
police officer "Nobody looks at you like a hero, just a
racist". It also shows Sarsour and others chanting about
"the violence of racist police". In addition, last
October Sarsour posted on her twitter account a photo of a
Palestinian boy preparing to throw a rock at Israeli soldiers and called
it “The definition of courage". When Democratic Queens
Councilman Rory Lancman condemned Sarsour’s comments that same day
by stating, “Attacking Jews at their homes, schools, supermarkets,
cafes, buses, roads, synagogues and Seder tables is barbarous, and
enlisting children to commit those acts is even more
so,” Sarsour responded by stating, “The Zionist trolls are out
to play. You will never silence me."
Last month,
Capano, who was the District Director to former Republican Congressman
Bob Turner (Brooklyn-Queens), condemned the NYC Fiscal Year 2017 Expense
Budget allocation of at least $23,750 to the Arab-American Association.
He said, "It is outrageous that taxpayer money is being used to fund
an organization whose Executive Director encourages violence, does not
condemn terrorist attacks against Israel, and views our police
as racist". In December, 2015 Capano called on Sarsour to
resign or be removed from Brooklyn Community Board 10.
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