Overview

• Attendees booed and chanted “You sold us out” during Rep. Elise Stefanik’s remarks on Monday, according to local station NBC 5.
• The event renamed the Clinton County Government Center for John Zurlo, a longtime county official who died in December at 86.
• Stefanik condemned the protests as politicizing a memorial and said the ceremony should have focused on honoring Zurlo’s legacy.
• The public pushback followed her call for county GOP chair Jerika Manning to resign over the party’s choice process for a special election to fill Assemblyman Billy Jones’s seat.
• Stefanik has signaled interest in a gubernatorial run against Gov. Kathy Hochul but says any decision will come after the November elections.