New York City Fire Department commissioner Laura Kavanaugh was heckled at and booed during a St. Patrick’s Day parade in the city.
While she walked by, protestors jeered and called out “You suck!”
Watch here:
FDNY Commissioner gets booed during a St. Patrick’s Day parade—“You suck!” 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/xyFEfmpQrU
— Angela Malone (@LibsBeCrazy) March 17, 2024
Full video here:
This is the same official who promised last week to “hunt down” the pro-Trump firefighters who booed fascist AG Letitia James and send them to “re-education.”
We reported on that here:
It's notable that, after facing backlash, Laura Kavanaugh quickly backed off her hard-line, dictator stance.
The FDNY quickly backtracked on "hunting down" firefighters for protesting Letitia James, saying they will instead be "having ongoing conversations with our members about decorum."
From The New York Post:
A top FDNY chief is taking the fall over a Post report exposing how Commissioner Laura Kavanagh planned to “hunt down” firefighters and other staffers who mercilessly booed New York Attorney General Letitia James during a department promotion ceremony.
In an email Tuesday to battalion chiefs, Chief of Department John Hodgens backed off his prior internal announcement, admitting his use of the term “hunt’” was “a poor choice of words.”
“It was not meant to be taken literally and was never uttered by anyone on the executive staff,” he wrote. “Specifically, there was not, and is not, an investigation into members booing.”
“FDNY leadership is having ongoing conversations with our members about decorum during department events to ensure we are upholding the core values that make the FDNY the greatest fire department in the world,” said spokeswoman Amanda Farinacci. “Being a NYC firefighter is an honor and we will continue to impress upon our members that their actions impact everyone who wears the uniform.”
Still, many social media users have pointed out how Laura Kavanaugh is a DEI hire -- who has never been a firefighter herself.
And to think she was never a firefighter just a DEI hire !
— randomthots (@sirtatters) March 16, 2024
She can't even wear a uniform because she has never been a fireman.
— HuckleDale (@HuckleDale) March 17, 2024
They're not wrong, she does suck!! 🤣 Worst Fire Chief ever, isn't even a fire fighter, inserted to undermine the organization from within..
— Erin Brophy - don't forget to laugh.. (@ERINBROPHY18) March 17, 2024
Fox News has more to say:
The New York City Fire Department's fire commissioner was booed and jeered at by protesters during a lively St. Patrick's Day parade in the Big Apple.
"You suck," one protester yelled at New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire commissioner Laura Kavanaugh as she paraded by Trump Tower. "Firefighters are the hunters."
The outburst against Kavanaugh came after the city official promised to "hunt" down the protesters who booed Attorney General Letitia James when she took the stage at a ceremony last week.
One protester held a protester with Kavanaugh face on the body of a donkey.
"Pin the tail on the jacka--," the poster said.
Later in the video, FDNY members were seen stopping to wave and shake hands with the protesters.
"Trump, Trump, Trump," the protesters yelled.
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