NEW YORK — An upstate New York congressman who abandoned his reelection effort in a clash with fellow Republicans over gun control criticized on Sunday the nation’s polarized political climate as harmful to democracy, in what has become a familiar refrain from centrist GOP lawmakers.
Rep. Chris Jacobs of western New York ended his reelection campaign amid Republican backlash to his support for a federal ban on assault weapons and limits on high-capacity magazines.
“Our parties are very polarized right now,” Jacobs said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
