Sentences with phrase «trading barbs on»

Though the race only recently got underway, it's already taken a negative turn, which Brindisi and Tenney, who also used to be a member of the Assembly, trading barbs on everything from Brindisi's father's legal representation of mobsters to a town hall the congressman is scheduled to hold this coming Tuesday.

One of the sadder sights during this election season has been that of intelligent conservative writers trading barbs on social media with witless and malicious (and usually anonymous) Trump supporters.

Boeing (ba) and Bombardier (bombf) traded barbs on Monday over the U.S. planemaker's claim that its Canadian rival benefited from billions of dollars in illegal government subsidies and dumped its newest jetliner in the United States at below cost.

The Democratic governor and mayor — self - described «friends» who have been openly sniping at each other for months — traded barbs on Tuesday after Cuomo faulted de Blasio for appearing alongside Astorino, the Westchester County executive who ran on the Republican line against Cuomo, during a rally calling for transportation funding.

Filmmaker Michael Moore and Trump traded barbs on Twitter over Moore's recently - closed solo Broadway show decrying the president.

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So far the Apple v. FBI debate has played out at the very highest level, with Apple CEO Tim Cook and FBI Director James Comey trading public barbs on the whether privacy trumps national security or vice versa.

Hours after trading barbs in the race's first one - on - one debate, Hillary Clinton appears to have put some distance between herself and Trump.

DiNapoli and the Cuomo administration have traded verbal barbs over Tier 6 on several occasions now.

After trading barbs with Mayor Bill de Blasio about conditions at NYCHA in recent weeks, Cuomo challenged de Blasio, the City Council and the state Legislature to guide him on how to remedy conditions at NYCHA within two weeks — or said he would take action on his own.

Latimer and his Republican opponent, Bob Cohen, have traded barbs over Silver's handling of the Lopez mess, with Cohen calling on the speaker to resign and Latimer saying he prefers to wait until JCOPE has completed its investigation before jumping to any conclusions.

Gov. David Paterson this morning traded indirect barbs with PEF President Ken Brynien, all but accusing the labor leader of lying on the airwaves while defending labor's refusal to go along with furloughs, wage freezes and other cost - cutting proposals.

A day after trading barbs with New York City officials, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz held his own rally in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday, where he doubled down on his criticism of Mayor Bill de Blasio and other New York politicians.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) engaged in a nasty, lone radio debate in her Democratic primary against upstart Reshma Saujani on Tuesday morning, in which the two traded barbs — but managed to up the ante after the event, as the incumbent literally fled from reporters and the challenger said she might not vote in the general election if she loses.

Those less - happy labor groups include public employee unions, who will offer formal testimony Friday afternoon at a legislative budget hearing, and teachers» unions, who are mobilizing against the governor at meetings around the state and trading press barbs with the second floor on a near - daily basis.

«There's really a small amount of negativity sprinkled around what really has been a very substantive campaign,» insisted the Manhattan lawmaker, whose campaign traded barbs in the mail, on the phone and on the airwaves over the past week.

A day after trading barbs with New York City officials, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz held his own rally in Midtown Manhattan yesterdayy, where he doubled down on his criticism of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and other local politicians.

Town Supervisor William Chase and Highway Superintendent Mark Siskavich traded barbs at last week's public hearing and special meeting on the town's tentative 2018 budget.

But their mutual admiration is a big departure for the two, who've traded barbs both publicly and behind the scenes since taking on their respective roles after the 2013 election.

In their previous debate, the two men frequently traded barbs and expressed exasperation during heated exchanges on police policy and public safety.

They have traded barbs throughout the week and on Friday evening, de Blasio's press office released a transcript of a Sunday morning interview with Diana Williams of WABC - TV in which he slammed Cuomo's leadership skills and said the governor is not his «partner.»

Although the plot details of the film are still under wraps, director David Leitch has confirmed that she'll have her luck - manipulating powers on screen and that she'll be trading verbal barbs with Ryan Reynolds» Deadpool.

Granted seven days to «put his house in order», Lavelle embarks on a stumbling Stations of the Cross through an unrepentant parish only too happy to parade their sins before him, and trade every attempted benediction for yet another barb.

As hosts of the exploitive Not - See Podcast, Wallace and Teddy (Justin Long and Haley Joel Osment, respectively) are overcome with belly laughs, trading barbs over the latest schmuck to humiliate himself on the internet.

Also: Corporations rule a sort - of sci - fi world in «Branded»; Henry Cavill dodges spies in «The Cold Light of Day»; Geoffrey Rush and Charlotte Rampling trade barbs in «The Eye of the Storm»; Melanie Lynskey gets a second chance at romance in «Hello I Must Be Going»; and» [REC] 3: Genesis» clues us in on the origins of the import - horror franchise.

This is an action / comedy which succeeds only when it focuses on its charismatic lead actors, who trade verbal barbs like punches.

After weeks of bargaining and barb - trading, Cleveland teachers and administrators still had not agreed on a contract last week.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Democratic Commissioner Mignon Clyburn traded barbs about the hold - up on the item earlier this year, and Pai took another swipe in his statement.

MUMBAI - A social media furore over data privacy on political party apps in India escalated on Monday with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Indian National Congress trading barbs.