Centrist champion for small business Mike Lawler is a far better vote than carpetbagging challenger Cait Conley
No matter which party winds up controlling the House, New York and the Hudson Valley’s 17th Congressional District will be far better off re-electing Rep.Mike Lawler over carpetbagging challenger Cait Conley.He’s a hard-nosed centrist with deep roots in the district, consistently ranked as one of the most bipartisan members of Congress who got his own party and President Donald Trump to set aside ideologyto give New Yorkers a major tax break by boosting the ceiling on SALT.She’s an operative parachuted in by the DC-based Democratic machine — bringing radical views out of touch with Hudson Valley values, barely camouflaged by an expensive campaign deeply funded byout-of-state interests.The Hudson Valley congressman, a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, isn’t just paying lip service to working across the aisle — he delivers: That’s why Rep.
Jared Golden, a Maine Democrat retiring this year, crossed party lines to endorse him as a “true partner” in getting things done.A champion for small business and lower taxes, Lawler is pushing hard for federal permitting reform and against top-down energy mandates at both the state and federal levels.To guarantee reliable energy for the Hudson Valley, he also supports restarting Indian Point.He rightly slams Gov.
Kathy Hochul’s job-killing moratorium on data centers, arguing local communities should decide their own economic future.On immigration and public safety, Lawler brings pure common sense: Local cops and jails should work with ICE to boot criminal migrants off our streets — but enforcement should be balanced with practical needs and basic decency, hence his push for Trump to more gradually end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians who’ve served the community well, as well as for the bipartisan Dignity Act to normalize status for the law-abiding.Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.
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