| Nearly a month into the Republican shutdown, one frustrated constituent is calling on Mike Lawler to “stop hiding behind partisan talking points and stop failing the people whom he was elected to serve.”
Lawler’s refusal to come to the negotiating table and fix the health care crisis he and his House GOP colleagues created is expected to more than triple health care premiums for 240,000 New Yorkers and leave up to 80,000 New Yorkers with no health insurance at all.
But just two weeks ago when asked if he thought Republicans should be brought back to D.C. to negotiate a solution that reopens the government, Lawler simply replied: “there’s nothing to negotiate here.”
In a new letter, the New York voter exposes Lawler for bending to the will of his D.C. party bosses, ripping away health care from his constituents, and falling short on his campaign promises.
Read the highlights below:
Hudson Independent: Congressman Lawler Has Abandoned Hudson Valley Families
- Every day the shutdown continues, Hudson Valley families find themselves on edge — worried about keeping food on the table and health insurance for their loved ones. Instead of demonstrating leadership and bipartisanship, Congressman Mike Lawler has chosen to stand with President Trump, Senator Thune, and Speaker Johnson, blocking potential solutions and telling Democrats there’s “nothing to negotiate here” as the pain deepens in Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam, and Westchester.
- As I’ve written before, Lawler ‘goes along to get along’. He doesn’t care whom he hurts, as long as he avoids Trump’s retribution list.
- It shouldn’t have to be this way. But Lawler — instead of embracing negotiation — skips town, blames the other side, and talks about scrapping the ACA altogether, putting his own neighbors at risk. According to ABC News, Americans like retired nurse Nancy Murphy, a diabetic who depends on ACA coverage for her insulin pump, are left wondering how they’ll survive if premiums skyrocket overnight.
- The man whose sales pitch states that he’s the most bipartisan member of Congress is lying. Instead of working across the aisle to extend these subsidies and reopen the government, Congressman Lawler has joined Republican leaders whose goal is to cancel affordable health care hostage because Trump wants to erase Obama’s accomplishments.
- In the Hudson Valley, we value all of our neighbors and expect our representatives to fight for us — not to gamble with our health care or our livelihoods. Congressman Lawler must stop hiding behind partisan talking points and stop failing the people whom he was elected to serve, before it’s too late.
- Our health and our humanity are on the line. Enough is enough.
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