“Talks Like a Moderate And Votes Like a MAGA”: New Yorkers Call Out Mike Lawler For Rubberstamping Trump’s Agenda

Thousands of Westchester residents gathered this past weekend to rally against both the Trump Administration and their own far-right representative, Mike Lawler – who protestors argue has been a rubber stamp for Trump’s dangerous policies…and he has a voting record to prove it.

Some key moments where Mike Lawler fell in line behind Donald Trump and his MAGA colleagues in the past 6 months alone:

• Lawler cast the deciding vote to gut Medicaid, increase costs, and rip food assistance away from New Yorkers to fund massive tax cuts for his billionaire donors and big corporations.
• Lawler quickly took to national media to praise Trump’s tariffs, which will hurt New York’s low-income families most and raise costs on groceries, energy, cars, and much more.
• Lawler voted to repeal green energy tax credits he spent months insisting he’d protect, raising energy costs, eliminating good-paying jobs, and forcing local business owners into early retirement.
• Lawler supported a backdoor provision that threatens abortion access in New York and voted to jail doctors and nurses who provide reproductive health care.
• Lawler co-sponsored Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America while millions of New Yorkers struggled to make ends meet.

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Examiner News: Mount Kisco’s ‘No Kings’ Anti-Trump Protest Blends Patriotic Pride with Carnival Spirit, Calls to Vote Out Lawler

• Thousands gathered Saturday at Mount Kisco Train Station for the “No  Kings” protest — a passionate, festival-style event where organizers created a carnival-like atmosphere to mirror what they called the circus of the Trump administration’s government.
• The protestors’ anger wasn’t limited to the Trump administration. Many also focused on unseating Rep. Mike Lawler, the District 17 Republican representative.
• Chants of “MAGA Mike has got to go!” rang out as attendees criticized Lawler for what they described as his too-close alignment with Trump’s agenda and being out of step with his district.
• “We want Mike Lawler to understand that he represents this entire community,” co-lead organizer Alan Levy told The Examiner. “Mike Lawler typically talks like a moderate and votes like a MAGA. Eighty-six percent of the time he votes for the MAGA policies and that’s not what this district represents.” 
• Attendees at the protest expressed frustration with Lawler’s record, accusing him of breaking campaign promises and supporting policies they see as harmful to the community.
• “I think Mike Lawler has lied to his constituents,” said protestor Pat Puleo, a public school teacher. “He said he wouldn’t cut Medicaid, he voted to cut Medicaid.” 
• “He voted to take $5 billion away from public schools and give them to charter schools. I also think he would support an abortion ban in New York State.”

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