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L.I. politicians slam Trump’s Russia remarks
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Dems, GOP both criticize president, Rice calls for election security czar BY LU K E TOR R A N C E President Donald Trump said Monday he had no reason to believe that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, a statement that was met with swift condemnation by officials across the country. Politicians from Long Island were no exception. “The President has thrown America’s intelligence community under the bus and sided with the Russians while on foreign soil,” said Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) in a statement. “I cannot understand why the President continues to have a blind spot with the Russians and Putin,” Suozzi continued. “Something is seriously wrong.” Trump made the remarks in Helsinki, shortly after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Friday before, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian nationals for hacking
into the Democratic Party’s email servers" and state voting machines two years ago, in the run-up to the 2016 election. The FBI’s story was contradicted by the Russian government, which has claimed its innocence throughout the entire investigation. When asked who he believed during Monday’s press conference — the FBI or Russia — Trump sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “President Putin says it’s not Russia. I don’t see any reason why it would be,” Trump said. The president read a prepared statement on Tuesday afternoon stating he accepted the findings of U.S. intelligence, following negative responses from officials across the political spectrum. Long Island’s Democratic representatives were among the many who slammed Trumps comments in a joint press conference with Continued on Page 59
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Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth meets with local residents during FunDay Monday at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington.
Myron Blumenfeld helped make Port more beautiful BY LU K E TORRANCE
cate, died earlier this month. He was 90. “He was inspiring, he was Myron Blumenfeld, co- a bold thinker, and he was founder of Residents for a More a strong advocate for parks, Beautiful Port Washington and trails, open space, trees and the longtime environmental advo- general green lifestyle,” said
Mindy Germain, the executive director for Residents for" a More Beautiful Port Washington, which recently rebranded itself as Residents Forward. “Myron spoke for the environContinued on Page 58
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