Barstool Sports personality-turned-New York candidate slams GOP for attempting to remove candidates from ballot

Bill Cotter, known as Barstool Sport‘s “Billy Football,” announced his bid in March to run as a Republican for New York‘s 3rd Congressional District, previously held by expelled Republican Rep. George Santos, but now the congressional candidate is taking on his own party.

The 25-year-old called out Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Cairo and his primary opponent Mike LiPetri in a press conference Monday night, making claims that they were attempting to “remove every other Republican candidate in this race from the primary ballot.”

Press conference from @BillCotterNY3rd / @Billyhottakes on Instagram: pic.twitter.com/hb0acCjRtO

— Heather Hunter (@heatherhunterdc) April 15, 2024

“In this race, there is a coordinated, intentional effort to remove every candidate from the ballot except
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