Overview

• At a Monday renaming of the Clinton County Government Center for longtime clerk John Zurlo in Plattsburgh, Rep. Elise Stefanik was drowned out by boos and chants and abandoned her prepared remarks.
• Videos show attendees yelling “Shame,” “Go home,” and “You’re a Nazi,” with signs reading “ELISE JUST GO AWAY” and “STEFANIK IS A BULLY.”
• Stefanik condemned the crowd as “radical Far Left Democrat agitators” and said she privately delivered her remarks to a member of the Zurlo family.
• Local reporting said protesters made up more than half the crowd and that activist groups, including Show Up, helped organize the demonstration.
• Several attendees told NBC-5 they targeted Stefanik over a lack of town halls and access, as national attention on the confrontation grows while she considers a 2026 gubernatorial bid following her withdrawn U.N. ambassador nomination earlier this year.