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Brian Stelter@brianstelter · Nov 4, 2024

Of the five boroughs in NYC, Staten Island is Trump's stronghold. Yet today the borough's newspaper, the Staten Island…

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The Staten Island Advance, a newspaper in Trump's strongest NYC borough, endorsed Kamala Harris for 2024 and criticized Trump for making false promises about America's condition and for his treatment of others. The editorial challenged conservative readers to consider whether Trump's behavior and rhetoric reflect the values they want to instill in the next generation.

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    Of the five boroughs in NYC, Staten Island is Trump's stronghold. Yet today the borough's newspaper, the Staten Island Advance, "enthusiastically" endorsed Harris, calling her "the only choice in 2024," and delivering some tough love to readers 🧵

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    "We understand a significant portion of conservative-leaning Staten Island will disagree, some vehemently, in support of her opponent," the Advance wrote. But the editorial tells Trump fans, in effect, that he's lying to you silive.com/opinion/2024/1…

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    "Really, Staten Island ... is your life as bad as Donald J. Trump paints it?"

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    "Tragically, we think, millions are blinded by Trump’s promises of an America they think they remember, gazing back through rose-colored glasses, not realizing what a threat he is to the country they say they love so much," the @siadvance says

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    @siadvance The editorial concludes this way: "Ask yourself this simple question: No matter where you stand on policy matters, how would you feel if your children, your grandchildren, your nieces, your nephews, your next-door neighbors’ kids, treated people" the way Trump treats people?