Republican New York Assemblyman John Ceretto announced on Tuesday that he will run for re-election in 2016 as a Democrat, prompting one of his fellow Republican assembly members to launch a series of insults at Ceretto on Twitter.
Before serving in the New York state assembly, Ceretto was a member of the Democratic Party, according to The Buffalo News. He switched to the Republican Party in 2006, and he was elected to the assembly as a Republican in 2010. And now he’s ready to return to the Democratic party.
Steve McLaughlin (pictured above) on Tuesday called Ceretto an “idiot” and said he had the “intellectual fire power of a squirt-gun.”
Ceretto will probably return phone calls…. as soon as he figures out how to use his phone.
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— Steve McLaughlin (@SteveMcNY) August 18, 2015
This is absolutely no loss to our conference. Intellectual fire power of a squirt-gun & his man crush on Cuomo is odd
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— Steve McLaughlin (@SteveMcNY) August 18, 2015
Zero substance to Ceretto, zero moral compass.Was he lying to Buffalo voters for the past 5 years or is he lying now?
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— Steve McLaughlin (@SteveMcNY) August 18, 2015
I’d say Ceretto is being used as a useful idiot by the Dems…..but that’d be an insult to useful idiots…..
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— Steve McLaughlin (@SteveMcNY) August 18, 2015
Ceretto once said all he cared about was getting his pension. Should tell his constituents all they need to know about him.
— Steve McLaughlin (@SteveMcNY) August 18, 2015
Ceretto explained his decision to switch political affiliation in a Tuesday morning statement, according to Politico New York.
“I first got involved in public service to help our neighbors and have always put people ahead of politics, and that won’t change,” he said in the statement. “I’ll continue to work with members on both sides of the aisle to do what’s best for our community – so that our children don’t have to leave to find good jobs and success elsewhere.”
