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    "dek": "Constantino texted Schenectady County GOP chair Liz Joy \"Resign you scumbag\" at 3:15 a.m. on 4 November. Joy said he should be drug tested before he takes office. The Daily Gazette and WAMC report both sides.",
    "prose": "Anthony Constantino, newly elected to Congress, is feuding on social media with Liz Joy and Allen Caruso.[^1] Joy chairs the Schenectady County Republican Party.[^2] Caruso is a former Republican candidate for the state Assembly.[^3] Constantino won New York's 21st congressional district by two points.[^4]\n\n## His side\n\nAt 3:15 a.m. on 4 November, Constantino sent Joy a text that read \"Resign you scumbag.\"[^5] He also made a personal accusation about Caruso in public.[^6] WAMC reported that Constantino used vulgar language in his victory speech and in social media posts.[^7] Roger Stone advised Constantino during his campaign.[^8]\n\n## Her side\n\nJoy said Constantino should get a drug test before he takes office.[^9] There is no required drug test for members of the United States Congress.[^10] Caruso declined to respond to Constantino's remarks.[^11] The Daily Gazette reported the exchange as a social media feud between the congressman-elect and the two county Republicans.[^1]\n\n## The background\n\nThe feud sits inside a wider fight among New York Republicans. Joe Suhrada resigned as chair of the Saratoga County Republican Party in October.[^12] He remains employed as a Saratoga County election commissioner.[^13] The Schenectady County GOP won no contested seats in the midterm elections.[^14] Mary Beth Walsh was re-elected in the 112th Assembly District.[^15]\n\nWAMC placed the Constantino dispute alongside a separate post-election spat between Bruce Blakeman and Elise Stefanik.[^16] Blakeman lost the governor's race to Kathy Hochul.[^17] Stefanik represents the 21st district until Constantino takes the seat.[^18] She had never lost any of her seven elections.[^19] She briefly considered a run for governor.[^20] Democrats will control the incoming Congress.[^21]\n\n## Where it stands\n\nConstantino's demand is that Joy resign.[^5] Joy's reply is that he should be tested before he is sworn in.[^9] Neither report in this set records a resignation, a test or an apology. The congressman-elect takes office in January with his own county chair in open dispute with him.[^1]",
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