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Local GOP Group Criticized For COVID Conga Line At Indoor Holiday Party
arrow Vickie Paladino, who is running for City Council in Queens, leads fellow Republicans in a conga line at a party that Governor Andrew Cuomo criticized as not smart. Matt Binder/Twitter
Governor Andrew Cuomo chastised a local Republican club on Tuesday, after members of the group were spotted cutting loose at a Queens holiday party without masks or social distancing earlier this month.
The indoor gathering was hosted on December 9th by the Whitestone Republican Club, whose controversial president, Vickie Paladino, is currently running for City Council.
Cuomo on NYC Republican party: ‘Covid conga lines are not smart’
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Gov. Andrew Cuomo attends a ceremony at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New York City in August.Mark Lennihan | AP Photo
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Video of the event shows participants dancing maskless in a conga line to the Bee Gees.
“If you do not take precautions, your likelihood that you will get the virus is higher,” Cuomo said today during a conference call with reporters. “Covid conga lines are not smart. That’s my official position.”
The Dec. 9 party, thrown by the Whitestone Republican Club in Queens, attracted a crowd of at least 50 people, according to the New York Daily News. City Council candidate Vickie Paladino, conservative media personality Christopher Wright and former conservative candidate for New York State Assembly James Martinosky were among the attendees.