With an eye on '22, GOP rallies against COVID emergency extension
MARK PAZNIOKAS :: CTMIRROR.ORG Mark Walsh of West Hartford, a retired Hartford firefighter who is a frequent critic of Gov. Ned Lamont on talk radio, holds a sign mocking the governor’s offered $1,000 inducement for job seekers. Capitol police estimated the crowd at 250. Aided by talk radio hosts, Republicans tried Monday to gauge the political value of residual resentment towards Gov. Ned Lamont over COVID-19 restrictions that largely disappeared in May as infections plummeted. A midday rally outside the state Capitol to protest a proposed two-month extension of emergency powers drew an es...