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Lazio applauded at Massapequa tea party rally

Quick ReadTea party supporters roared their approval yesterday as Rick Lazio bashed big government, high taxes and praised immigrants from earlier generations.

Rick Lazio signs a poster for supporter Laura

Photo credit: David Pokress | Rick Lazio signs a poster for supporter Laura Millard, of Massapequa, at a Tea Party rally in in Massapequa, Thursday. (Thursday, April 15, 2010)

Tea party supporters at a rally in Massapequa roared their approval yesterday as Rick Lazio bashed big government, high taxes and praised immigrants from earlier generations.

Lazio, a Republican candidate for governor, said he was the grandchild of immigrants, and many in the crowd yelled out when he asked if their parents or grandparents were immigrants.

"Did your parents or grandparents...

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