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West Hartford leaders react to Capitol invasion, call out council member’s apparent support

WEST HARTFORD — In condemning the invasion of the U.S. Capitol last week, West Hartford leaders spotlighted current and former town council members for inflammatory rhetoric “that undermines democracy.”

Although they were not named in the joint statement by Mayor Shari Cantor and town council Minority Leader Lee Gold, the targets of the statement were current Republican council member Mary Fay and former GOP member Joe Visconti.

Fay said Monday, however, that any notion she was encouraging violence is false and “ridiculous.” Visconti could not be immediately reached.

“Words matter,” Cantor and Gold wrote in the statement to be read at the council’s meeting on Tuesday.