Governor Lamont called me bipartisan and objected to others calling me extreme before this general election campaign started
SupportedRyan Fazio, at Connecticut Governor General Election Debate (WTNH News 8)
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Why we checked itSpecific claim about a named public official making a particular characterization — verifiable against public statements by Lamont
What we foundMultiple independent sources confirm that Governor Lamont publicly credited Fazio as someone he could work with (using language that he and others described as bipartisan), and separately that Lamont declined to call Fazio 'extreme MAGA' in May 2026 before the general election campaign's attack ads began.