Will Nick LaLota and Anthony D’Esposito Once Again Cave to the Extreme Company They Keep?

A new editorial in Newsday calls into question whether so-called moderate New York Republicans Nick LaLota and Anthony D’Esposito will join the MAGA majority in shutting down the federal government.

Nick LaLota and Anthony D’Esposito vote with MAGA extremists over and over, including shutdown cheerleader Marjorie Taylor Greene, who they vote with 86% and 83% of the time, respectively.

DCCC Spokesperson Ellie Dougherty:
“Long Islanders deserve an answer to a simple question: will Nick LaLota and Anthony D’Esposito once again continue to stay in lockstep with MAGA extremists and deprive the nearly 20,000 civilian federal workers they represent of their paychecks?”

Newsday: LI’s congressional reps can help avoid federal shutdown

Editorial Board | September 26, 2023

KEY POINTS:

• “A possible shutdown of the federal government will cause a loss of business for Long Islanders, a possible downgrade to the nation’s credit rating, and an unnecessary disruption of many vital services. That much is clear.”

• “But then again, disruption — rather than good government — seems to be the name of this dangerous game being played by a segment of the Republican House majority.”

• “A shutdown would bring government to a halt for all agencies except those considered essential like Social Security, Medicare and the U.S. Postal Service. However, rather than show leadership toward a bipartisan budget deal, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been held hostage so far by the far right-wing members of his party who are intent on causing disruption.”

• “Voters don’t like chaotic government, and a shutdown would only make them mad at the GOP come next year’s election.”

• “Staging a shutdown has become a shopworn counterproductive tactic, traceable to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s budget showdown with former President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. Voters should be wise by now to these poorly conceived threats. It might be a rallying cry among the MAGA crowd, but it is a certain recipe for defeat at the ballot box.”

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