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134. I looked up his Bio

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 10:20 PM

Oct 2021

(Edited to remove sarcasm--just annoyed with snap judgments based on a single tweet)

Instead of basing my opinion of Jay Jacob's on a tweet, I looked up his bio. Under his leadership, Nassua county elected the first ever female County Executive in Nassau County's history, the first ever Iranian-American NY State Senator and the first ever Indian-American NY State Center.

Under his leadership, he raised more money and elected more Democrats than ever before. Changed Nassau Country to Democratic after 100 years of being a bastion of Republican".

He is the founder of SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education), a program that sends inner city children to not-for-profit camps. Jay founded and currently serves as Chairman of Project Heal the Children, an ACA program that provides free summer camp experiences for the children of victims of the 9/11 tragedy.

Doesn't sound to me like someone who has a history of racism or sexism. I'll take a solid history of fighting for minorites, women, and progressive causes over a single tweet any day.

https://www.nydems.org/about/leadership

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After he got called on it Bettie Oct 2021 #140

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Facinating. Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #111

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Have you looked up his bio crimycarny Oct 2021 #137

Jacobs was inappropriate. ecstatic Oct 2021 #132

I looked up his Bio crimycarny Oct 2021 #134

Thank you for providing more info on Jacobs ecstatic Oct 2021 #136

Agree but do we really want to ask a guy like this to resign? crimycarny Oct 2021 #138

Fair enough. nt ecstatic Oct 2021 #145

I volunteer out of the Nassau county DNC office and have worked under Jacobs' leadership lapucelle Oct 2021 #149

Thank you for that insight crimycarny Oct 2021 #158

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Who are the "many elected officials" calling on Jacobs to resign? lapucelle Oct 2021 #153

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Four out of all the elected Democratic officials in NY is barely a handful. lapucelle Oct 2021 #155

AOC is correct on this. roody Oct 2021 #157

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