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Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino speaks to the media after announcing his campaign for Elise Stefanik\u2019s congressional seat. He was endorsed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, with the president calling him \u201ca Proven Leader who has dedicated his life to serving his Community.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Assemblyman Robert Smullen, center, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany. Smullen\u2019s reaction to Trump\u2019s endorsement was predictably mild. \u201cA consultant got to the president, someone who is being paid by my opponent,\u201d he said, referring to Roger Stone. \u201cThe president\u2019s made a mistake here.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Anthony Constantino, right, appears alongside former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The former mayor has endorsed\u00a0Constantino\u2019s campaign for New York\u2019s 21st congressional district.<\/p>\n
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Assemblyman Robert Smullen, center, was endorsed by New York GOP Chair Ed Cox in his bid to fill Rep. Elise Stefanik\u2019s Congressional seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Donald Trump is\u00a0super unpopular<\/a>, and polls suggest he\u2019s even\u00a0losing support<\/a> among key\u00a0segments of the MAGA base.\u00a0<\/p>\n No wonder. An important element of Trump\u2019s appeal, after all, was his pledge to stop the bipartisan war carousel. Yet, here we are involved in one more utterly senseless Middle East conflict\u00a0\u2014 promise, broken.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Then, there\u2019s the president\u2019s profane desecration of Easter morning, his vile talk of annihilating \u201ca whole civilization,\u201d his attack on the leader of the world\u2019s 1.4 billion Catholics and his AI slop depiction of himself as Jesus. It\u2019s almost as if Trump wants to alienate religious voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n Who would want an endorsement from this guy? Why, Anthony Constantino would.<\/p>\n Constantino is the CEO of Sticker Mule and a wildly unconventional Republican candidate for the congressional seat held by Elise Stefanik. On Tuesday, Trump endorsed\u00a0Constantino in his race against Assemblyman Robert Smullen, also a Republican, declaring<\/a> on social media that \u201cAnthony is a Proven Leader who has dedicated his life to serving his Community.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Make the Times Union a Preferred Source on Google to see more of our journalism when you search.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The weird capitalization is the president\u2019s, of course.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Alas, Trump\u2019s backing seemed more about nutty friends Roger Stone and Rudy\u00a0Giuliani, who are also in Constantino\u2019s camp, than any serious study of the 21st Congressional District. It didn\u2019t hurt that Constantino flattered presidential megalomania by erecting a massive Montgomery County monument to Trump.<\/p>\n \u201cThe sign is still there!\u201d the Donald noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n