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Caitlin Ogden, chair of the Otsego County Democratic Committee, addresses a gathering of local Democrats at Norbu in Cooperstown on Saturday, February 22. (Photo by Teresa Winchester)

OCDC Rallies Local Dems To Counter Trump's Policies, Actions

By TERESA WINCHESTER
COOPERSTOWN

Approximately 40 Democrats gathered at Norbu in Cooperstown for a meeting of the Otsego County Democratic Committee on Saturday, February 22. Leslie Berliant, a committee member representing the Town of Middlefield, opened the gathering with encouraging remarks about President Donald Trump’s loss of support in certain areas.

“Trump is losing on executive orders and losing in popularity,” she said, adding that 70 percent of the U.S. thinks pardoning those in prison for the January 6, 2020 Capitol uprising was “a bad move.”

“One of his least popular actions if his firing of federal workers. Many Trump supporters have been fired. The speed and recklessness with which they’re doing it [firing federal workers] is not working in their favor,” Berliant further stated.

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