President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America is drawing different reactions from New York Republicans, while Democrats argue the president should focus on rising costs amid the ongoing trade war with Canada.
Republican candidate for governor and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman brushed it off, while Western New York state Sen. George Borrello told Spectrum News 1 that he opposes the name change because he thinks it’s a distraction from actually addressing trade issues with Canada.
Despite Trump putting pen to paper and signing an executive order, Blakeman wants you to know that he thinks the whole
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