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    Tribal divisions trump George Santos scandals in knife-edge New York special election

    by Bevan Hurley Feb 13, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: POOL/AFP via Getty Images

    Fred Forgione doesn’t bring up politics with family and friends anymore.

    He doesn’t engage with political posts on Facebook, and certainly doesn’t mention his progressive abortion views to fellow members of the Knights of Columbus Catholic fraternal order.

    “Most of my family and friends are staunch Republicans, I don’t get it. I used to have arguments all the time to the point where I just shut up. I don’t talk anymore,” the 67-year-old retired banker told The Independent in a strip mall car park in New Hyde Park, Long Island, on Monday.

    Tuesday’s by-election in ’s 3rd Congressional to replace the scandal-plagued, federally indicted former Congressman has largely turned into a national referendum on immigration, abortion, and the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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