N.Y. Republican Club Doubles Down After Criticism of Maskless Holiday Party
On 12/23/20 at 2:49 PM EST
A group of New York Republicans are doubling down on their defense of a recent holiday party, saying they are not a group of paranoid zombies in hazmat suits, after facing backlash for holding the event amid a pandemic. Yes, we held a holiday party. A good time was had by all. We abided by all precautions. But we are not the mask police, nor are we the social distancing police, the Whitestone Republican Club wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday night. Adults have the absolute right to make their own decisions, and clearly many chose to interact like normal humans and not paranoid zombies in hazmat suits. This is for some reason controversial to the people who believe it s their job to tell us all what to do, the post said.
âCovid conga lineâ with Queens Republicans prompts criticism and an investigation.
Video of the Whitestone Republican Clubâs holiday party circulated on social media this past week. The Dec. 9 party was held at Il Bacco, an Italian restaurant in Little Neck, Queens.Credit.Whitestone Republican Club/Facebook
Dec. 23, 2020
When the Whitestone Republican Club held a holiday party at Il Bacco, an Italian restaurant in Little Neck, Queens, on Dec. 9, more than a dozen people formed a conga line as part of the revelry, shimmying through a glitzy banquet room.
No one in that line wore a mask.
Video of the conga line was shared on Twitter on Monday by Matt Binder, a journalist who said it was initially posted on a private local Facebook group. The video showed the conga line snaking past a D.J. booth with a spinning disco ball as the Bee Gees blasted in the background. A man hoisting a Trump 2020 campaign flag led the dance before Vickie Paladino, a staunch conservative w