Why the House Speaker is barnstorming blue New York in Campaign 2024

In an election that’s been full of surprises, one of the biggest has been hiding in plain sight: New York’s status as a battleground state is as unlikely as it is unshakeable.While states like Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia will determine who sits in the Oval Office, keen eyes are also on the Empire State, where the battle for control of the House of Representatives is taking center stage.That’s why, with less than a week to go in this election, the two of us — the sitting Speaker of the House and the New Yorker who nearly unseated Gov. Hochul — are hitting the road together across New York.Over the next few days, we’ll be crisscrossing key House districts to help Republican incumbents and candidates clinch majority-making wins.Our New York efforts in 2022 delivered a Republican House majority, and it will be our victories in New York this year that keep it.Many have questioned how this state — one with only 22% Republican enrollment — has become home to some of the most competitive congressional races in the country, but to us, it is obvious.Republicans are consistently showing up in longtime Democrat communities with winning solutions to the most pressing issues of the day.Our statewide swing starts Wednesday on Long Island, with Reps.Nick LaLota (NY-1), Andrew Garbarino (NY-2) and Anthony D’Esposito (NY-4), and candidate Mike LiPetri (NY-3).Residents in Suffolk, Nassau and Queens Counties are fed up with the consequences of Democratic policies — including a 1,000-bed migrant shelter on the Queens-Nassau border that has transformed the streets where their children used to play.They have voiced their outrage and refuse to allow their neighborhoods to fall victim to the reckless priorities of liberals in New York City, Albany and the Washington, DC, establishment.From there, we’re traveling across the Hudson Valley, starting in Rockland County with Rep.

Mike Lawler (NY-17).His constituents, many of whom commute to nearby New York Ci...