The No. 3 House Republican, Rep. Elise Stefanik, dropped a bombshell about former President Donald Trump’s chances in her state of New York about 24 hours after his massive Madison Square Garden rally in New York City on Saturday. Stefanik stated on Monday that the Republican nominee Trump is leading in all of the swing congressional districts that President Joe Biden won by large margins in the 2020 election.
Trump has made significant inroads with New York’s electorate, particularly among black, Hispanic, and young voters, resulting in a narrower lead for Vice President Kamala Harris compared to Biden’s in 2020, according to a New York Times/Siena College survey. Speaking on Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo,” Stefanik emphasized that the former president’s “historical support” in swing districts will be crucial for maintaining the Republican majority in the House.
“New York has decayed under the weaponization of Alvin Bragg, [Letisha] James and the horrible leadership of [Governor] Kathy Hochul. You have the crime crisis, the illegal migrant crisis right here, so it is the epicenter of just the far-left radical failed Democrat policies and President Trump has earned historic support,” Stefanik said. “Do you know in every single swing congressional district, Maria, President Trump is winning,” Stefanik said.
“These are districts that Joe Biden won by 15 points in some cases in 2020. President Trump is now polling ahead, which is why the telephone rally he did the night before to a million voters across key congressional districts in New York, he knows that the House majority will run right through New York, but this is a growing Republican Party, a historic Republican Party in support of President Trump,” she continued.
Stefanik remarked that Trump’s gains among black, Hispanic, and Jewish voters throughout the state could lead to historic victories for Republicans. She suggested that this shift has prompted Harris and other “desperate” Democrats to equate Trump with former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. “The highest rate of African American voters [are] supporting President Trump. The most significant Hispanic American voters supporting President Trump, the highest percentage,” Stefanik said.
“Working class Americans, Jewish voters, I mean, this is like the big tent party. Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are so desperate that they’re calling him fascist and Hitler. It’s a disgrace; the American people are smart, but we have to get out the vote to get this done,” she told Bartiromo.
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Harris currently leads Trump in New York by 66% to 27%, a significantly narrower margin than Biden’s 76% to 23% victory over the former president in 2020, according to The New York Times. These figures represent the worst results for a Democratic candidate in the state since 1988. Democrats also performed poorly in the 2022 midterm elections, winning the state’s popular vote by only 9 points, compared to Biden’s 23-point advantage in the 2020 election, according to the Times.
