Posted on 10/17/2024 4:12:47 PM PDT by Libloather
House Speaker Mike Johnson promised Thursday that New York Republicans will “defy the odds again” and win even more seats in 2024 than they did in the 2022 midterms, when they helped to secure the party’s majority in the lower chamber.
In an exclusive sit-down with The Post, Johnson (R-La.) predicted Republicans will achieve unified government after the Nov. 5 election, thanks in large part to strong candidates running in tough Empire State swing districts.
“We recruited workhorses — and not show ponies — this cycle,” the House speaker boasted, saying he was “very bullish” about growing his majority by “flipping a seat or two” in New York.
“They know their people, they know what’s on their hearts, and we’re providing answers to all the great challenges that are articulated by the people here,” he said. “Everybody’s fed up about the cost of living and the crime rate, the open border and the weakness on the world stage.”
Public polling has consistently shown that the economy and immigration rank highest among voters’ concerns ahead of the general election.
Johnson told The Post that the toughest NY GOP re-election fights will be for seats held by incumbent Reps. Marc Molinaro in the upstate 19th District, Anthony D’Esposito in the 4th District on Long Island’s Nassau County and Brandon Williams in the Syracuse and Utica-based 22nd District.
“I think all of our incumbents will wind up with a win,” he explained. “I mean, you look at a guy like [Rep.] Mike Lawler [in NY-17] — he’s in a district that Biden won by 10 or 12 [percentage points] … last time. But he’s done an extraordinary campaign. They have thrown everything at him but the kitchen sink, and he still emerges because he’s smart and capable.”
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That's the one. Trump takes NY.
If Americans are voting for democrats that vote in Biden’s policies, then they actually deserve what they get, good and hard, as Mencken said.
Not sure what to think about Mike Johnson’s opinion?
I was born and raised in Rochester, NY. Been voting since I turned 21 in 1968. I'll believe it when I see it. NY State consists of a majority of red counties, yet the State Legislature is controlled by RATS by a more than 2-1 ratio. I won't hold out for any changes in the State Legislature.
Claudia Tenney was my Congresswoman until they divided her district, and the GOP candidate for the new district was Brandon Williams. I voted for him in 2022, but wasn't planning on voting for him in 2024, because he repeatedly voted to send unaccounted-for taxpayer dollars to Ukraine. Lo! and behold, for some reason, they did more re-districting this year, and I've now ended up with Elise Stefanik as my Congresswoman. She's against sending more money to Ukraine, but she also voted to keep FISA intact. Despite that, I will be voting for her this time around.
I have no idea what the GOP is doing with the districts in the State. Nobody should have three different Congressional Reps in 4 years.
When see it I do, believe I will.
A rinopublican victory is hard to look forward to. It’s like flogging a dead horse. We already know that they do everything in their power to thwart their voters and defy Trump. Trump must get control of The FBI, The DOJ, and the military to force them to do their job.
Just a reminder. Reagan won NYS twice!
I'm holding my nose while I vote for this sob. One of those “principled” Repubs who came out guns ablazing to get rid of Santos while hiring ex girlfriends and their kids to work in his office.
“’Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.’ — John Wayne”
Written by Charles Portis and Marguerite Roberts (”True Grit”).
It is not the GOP. The state has been mitigating the boundaries since 2021.
https://ballotpedia.org/New_York_elections,_2023#Redistricting_following_the_2020_census
Thanks for the link.
Thanks for that info. Hadn’t known that.
There are only a couple of Polls I trust, and that ain’t one of them.
The state has been mitigating the boundaries since 2021.
That should have been litigating.
The state has been mitigating the boundaries since 2021.
That should have been litigating.
Johnson does not impress me.
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