Staten Island politician apologizes for using Hitler reference during heated lockdown protest
A Staten Island political consultant running for borough president on Monday offered an apology — and defense — of a garbled blast at COVID-19 lockdowns and her use of “Heil Hitler” in her demand on the Sheriff’s Department to push back on the restrictive orders.
Staten Island Republican Leticia Remauro told the Daily News on Monday that “I apologize profusely that the word I used in trying to create an analogy were offensive.”
In a short video clip taken at a massive Dec. 2 protest on Staten Island over the shuttering of Mac’s Public House, Remauro, wearing a U.S. flag mask, rails at the closure of the popular pub. Remauro, who said she has served as campaign manager for Staten Island Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, posted a longer version on her Facebook page, but then took it down.
“Everything is very heated,” she said. “I do not want people to argue on my page.”
She explained she wanted to make the analogy that the Sheriff’s Department officers were being used to close small businesses on the orders of Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio.
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or two when we got a little hot under the collar?
