Remember where Mike Lawler got the rocket fuel for his reelection last year?
He must be a bit concerned then that Elon said this over the past 24 hours:
Maybe Lawler doesn’t care about Elon’s money or losing his House seat because he’s leaning towards a run for Governor of NY, posting this last night:
The actual headline of this article is: “A moderate Republican has the best shot against Hochul, analysis finds.” The problem is that Mike Lawler is not a moderate.
Let me take you back to Rule of Lawler’s coverage of Mike’s disastrous town hall last month:
The first question of the night: “What specifically are you doing that warrants the label moderate?” Answer: “My record speaks for itself,” followed by citing the creds on his poster, followed by a lecture on Republican tax orthodoxy and the deficit.
There was no true dialogue. When chants of “tax the rich” could no longer be ignored, Lawler’s response was: “Folks…folks…folks. Taxing the rich is not going to close our tax deficit. I hope you realize that. It really will not. It really will not. Let me ask you a question. What…what rate would propose? What rate? What rate? What rate? What rate? What rate? OK.” Gotcha, smirk. The crowd couldn’t articulate a consensus rate while still processing his cynical dismissal of the concept of taxing the rich. So I guess Mike wins that round?
On he goes with the classic Lawler phrase: “The fact is…the fact is…the fact is…” He chants it 3 times while formulating a complete non-answer: “You are not going to be able to close this budget deficit, okay, just through, ah, the issue of taxes.”
You are also not going to be able to close the budget deficit, Mike, with the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) that you just passed in the House. Which will raise the deficit by $4 trillion over the next 10 years. Mike Lawler’s contribution to the BBB was to push an increase in State and Local Tax (SALT) deductions that will add $129 billion to the deficit, primarily to benefit the wealthy.
His bigger contribution to the BBB was to cast the deciding vote. To cut Medicaid, Medicare, food benefits, and school loan relief for thousands of New Yorkers, as well as eliminate clean energy tax incentives. All of this to extend tax cuts to the wealthy and spend more on Donald Trump’s pet projects (more detention centers for foreign college protestors, the Golden Dome, military parades, etc.). And explode the federal deficit.
Hardly a winning formula for a run at the NY governorship. Or any office, for that matter.
Especially as your rocket booster separates and leaves you alone, trying to defy gravity.
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