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squee_bastard t1_j5yyhc6 wrote

I have to snark for a moment, every time I see this woman I am shocked at how old she looks for her age. I seriously wonder if she has substance abuse issues. I know that was heavily theorized when this first happened because no sober person would flee the scene of a crime that they weren’t at fault for and then report it six hours later.

Sadly she won’t be recalled and it’s amazing the lengths she goes to absolve herself of any personal responsibility. She is a terrible person who sped off and left someone on the side of the road and said nothing and showed zero remorse. The fact that she doubled down with the statement below just shows how arrogant she is.

DeGise’s public relations people released a 377-word statement on her behalf. In it, she falsely asserts that the bicyclist she struck with her SUV last July was “not hurt” and she reiterates that she has no intention of resigning.

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rubensinclair t1_j5yzxvv wrote

Why are we giving up on recalling her? This action is so egregious and it's not like she's got a bunch of supporters in the general public. This should be remarkably easy to do. Nearly everyone I know in JC is aware of this story.

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squee_bastard t1_j5z0a41 wrote

I’m not saying to give up but I think it’s an extraordinary task to recall her, especially since Fulop seems to back her. The entire situation is a disappointment.

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rubensinclair t1_j5z0wpc wrote

Fulop only said he wanted to see how it played out in the courts. So now we know she’s guilty, and it’s time for him to put up or shut up.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j5z2hon wrote

She's got more supporters than you would think. A lot of people believe they should have the right to run over any cyclist and drive on away. They're just not young people so they're not on Reddit

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rubensinclair t1_j601l5y wrote

"A lot of people believe they should have the right to run over any cyclist and drive on away."

Bullshit.

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RAWisROLLIE t1_j60ba7w wrote

I wish it were otherwise. I was nearly hit by a car while on a scooter in Hoboken and when confronted, the driver justified it by saying I shouldn't even have been on the road. Cops had no interest in explaining the law to them.

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ScumbagMacbeth t1_j610wi3 wrote

I've had drivers ACTIVELY try to run me over on my bike. I also had a bottle thrown at me while I was riding. Try riding a bike around here sometime, it's intense. Also look at some articles on cyclist deaths in NYC. Drivers are rarely punished at all. Murder could be legal if you do it with a car.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j60gs0t wrote

Talk to conservatives (and Democrats can be conservatives too) over the age of 45.

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cC2Panda t1_j5zcwcy wrote

>This should be remarkably easy to do.

We're a machine state. The rules in place require us to wait until a significant portion of her term is already up then we have to get 42,000 signatures from registered voters(28% of registered voters). For reference the combined voters in 2021 were just over 42k.

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RAWisROLLIE t1_j605isw wrote

The simple online petition barely got a fraction of 40,000, and that was when the story was fresh. Nobody cares, unfortunately.

And she'll win if she runs again solely because of name recognition.

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sutisuc t1_j5z3enr wrote

Holy shit how is she only 36?

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G_Funk_Error t1_j5z4fs0 wrote

Marlboro reds I assume. Unfiltered. Or meth. I’m going with meth.

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justanothersynthdork t1_j5ze9hh wrote

Wow. I had no clue she was that young. I was assuming mid 40s at best. That’s some hard living.

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Mindless-Budget9019 t1_j5zhtop wrote

The misogyny in Reddit is real.

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justanothersynthdork t1_j5znn2h wrote

I also said that Jeremiah Healy looked old when he was our mayor due to hard living but I'm sure you know me better than I do.

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Informal_Bat_722 t1_j606ye9 wrote

not trying to be a dick but, this seems sexist

>I have to snark for a moment, every time I see this woman I am shocked at how old she looks for her age.

would you bring this up if it were a man?

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squee_bastard t1_j60pdod wrote

I don’t think you’re a dick at all, that’s a valid question. I’m an equal opportunity snarky snarkerson so i would say the same for either gender, substance abuse definitely ages people.

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averageredditor19 t1_j5zmyqh wrote

The least we can do is continue to antagonize her online and make her name have negative connotations

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averageredditor19 t1_j5zob1w wrote

For the sake of the community, we should continue to antagonize her and ruin her future political career as much as we can. Harassment should be changed to antagonism. I will edit.

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