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. <\/p>\n
The Queensbury Republican also chipped in $1,000 from her own war chest to help Tedisco beat Glens Falls Democrat Scott Murphy.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Scott Murphy, meanwhile, made national headlines for opposing the death penalty in all cases, even including terrorists. <\/p>\n
Tedisco fired back immediately. This from Fox News:<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The Murphy campaign issued this statement: <\/p>\n
\n“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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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