Little backs Tedisco, Murphy talks death penalty

State Senator Betty Little, who was shouldered aside for the special 20th district House race, made an appearance over the weekend with Assemblyman Jim Tedisco.

The Queensbury Republican also chipped in $1,000 from her own war chest to help Tedisco beat Glens Falls Democrat Scott Murphy.

It was her first big show of support for the Schenectady Republican, who also secured some big endorsements late in the week from the NFIB and the Chamber of Commerce.

Scott Murphy, meanwhile, made national headlines for opposing the death penalty in all cases, even including terrorists.

Tedisco fired back immediately. This from Fox News:

“Scott Murphy’s opposition to the death penalty, even for terrorists like those who murdered nearly 3,000 of our fellow Americans on Sept. 11 was a shocking, stunning and deeply troubling revelation,” Tedisco said Saturday in a statement.

“Murphy doesn’t believe Osama bin Laden deserves the death penalty?” he added. “That fact shows Murphy doesn’t understand or share Upstate’s values. Unlike Murphy, I support the death penalty for all terrorists.”

The Murphy campaign issued this statement:

“Scott respects that people have deeply held beliefs about the death penalty. He is against it. Scott was in New York City on 9/11 and understands the horrors of that day.