His chief rival
for the Democratic
nomination, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, stopped short of
calling for his withdrawal from the mayor's race Sunday but lambasted his actions as
generating further distrust in government.
Over the last few weeks, Senate offices have been deluged with
calls from constituents opposing Betsy DeVos»
nomination for education secretary, a petition against the secretary - designate has
generated over one million signatures and DeVos» remarks about the dangers of grizzly bears in schools during her rocky confirmation hearing launched several mocking Twitter hashtags.