Carl Paladino

GOP candidate says call for Garland’s death was ‘facetious’

A Republican candidate for Congress in western New York said in an interview that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland “should be executed,” before later clarifying that he wasn’t being serious.

FILE — Members of the New York Senate, debate legislation to consider new firearms regulations for concealed-carry permits, during a special legislative session in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol, July 1, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. A federal lawsuit challenging part of New York's new gun law was filed Monday, July 11, 2022, by Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino, one of multiple legal challenges expected against state handgun licensing rules approved after a recent Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Challenge to New York’s new gun law filed by GOP candidate

FILE - Carl Paladino, left, speaks to members of the media at Trump Tower, on Dec. 5, 2016, in New York. Paladino, a Republican running for Congress in western New York, said he was wrong to invoke Adolf Hitler in an interview last year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Paladino: Saying Hitler ‘kind of leader we need’ was mistake

FILE - Carl Paladino speaks to members of the media at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 5, 2016. Paladino, who is running to represent a congressional district that includes suburbs of Buffalo, New York, shared and deleted a conspiracy-laden Facebook post suggesting a racist mass shooting in Buffalo and other mass killings were part of a plot to take away people’s guns. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

NY House candidate posts about mass shooting conspiracies

Hearing resumes for school board member who insulted Obamas

Leader of New York GOP enters hot upstate race for Congress

New York’s Republican Party chair, Nick Langworthy, announced a run for Congress on Friday, a day after another serious contender for a seat representing western New York drew criticism over admiring remarks he’d made about Adolf Hitler.

Hearing wraps for school board member who insulted Obama

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A decision on whether a one-time candidate for New York governor who publicly insulted former President Barack Obama should remain on a school board is expected in several weeks.

Rabbi Yechezkel Roth, left, and another Orthodox Jewish supporter, center, accompany New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino in the Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, after Paladino made campaign stops at the K'Hal Aadas Kasho synagogue, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NY GOP gov hopeful Paladino says he’d hire gays

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino said in separate appearances Monday that he stands up for the rights of everyone, including gays, but thinks young children shouldn’t be exposed to homosexuality, especially at gay pride parades.