Looks like Scheiner was stealing a Gaylor sign....but was it?

10/29/2023 08:10:00 PM

A Lynbrook Republican has posted on Facebook a ring video that sure looks like Democratic candidate Jake Scheiner participating in taking his opponent's lawn sign from a West Hempstead homeowner's yard and replacing it with his own.

But the Ring video isn't clear.

And what does it prove? That, if he did it, Scheiner is somewhat of a punk?

Campaign signs are often stolen, torn down or defaced by the opponent's supporters.

But it's seldom that the candidate himself or herself is caught on video aiding and abetting the act.

Scheiner, of West Hempstead, is a former aide to former Democratic candidate Tom Suozzi and, according to his campaign site, a former director for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Republican Gaylor of Lynrook is a lawyer, former judge and former U.S. Army paratroper. He was first elected in 2015 and has been re-elected ever since.

Even the Facebook poster, who is not the homeowner whose door bell recorded the incident, is not sure it is Scheiner.

Here is Scheiner's twitter photo.

Here is a close-up of the man caught on the ring doorbell.

Copying the video off of Facebook is beyond this blogger's computer abilities.

But here is a series of screen shots, showing the Scheiner lookalike ringing the doorbell, returning to the hatchback parked at the curb, the passenger in the hatchback getting out; taking a sign out of the back, running to the corner and then replacing the Gaylor sign on the corner with, apparently, the Scheiner sign.

But it's all unclear.