Hundreds of New Yorkers flock to DC to toast Trump inauguration while eyeing state GOP victories in 2026: We have to fight, fight, fight
Hundreds of New Yorkers are flocking to DC for Donald Trump’s inauguration — with the fired-up GOPers even talking about winning the governorship again for the first time in a generation next year.About 300 members of the New York State Republican Party on Sunday filled The Mayflower Hotel in the nation’s capital, where top party leaders and elected officials delivered giddy and fiery speeches about the Queens native’s historic comeback and the GOP’s return to the White House.State GOP Chairman Ed Cox celebrated the end of the decade-long Democratic era that included the three combined presidential terms of Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the House speakership of Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).But Cox said Republicans can’t rest on their laurels.“We have to fight, fight, fight, to help the president move his agenda forward,” Cox said during the state party’s pre-inaugural celebratory breakfast at The Mayflower.Lee Zeldin, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency secretary-designee and the GOP’s 2022 candidate for New York governor, said he’s thrilled about being given the opportunity to push through the 47th president’s agenda.“Donald Trump was elected president because he understood this moment.He’s ready to meet this moment and prepared to lead this country to greatness,” he saidZeldin and other leaders said Republicans in New York must build on Trump’s victory and make more inroads in the Empire State.It was no coincidence that the two people who spoke back to back at the breakfast after Zeldin — New York Rep.
Mike Lawler and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman of Long Island — are two top Republicans eying a run to try to topple Democratic Gov.Kathy Hochul in 2026.Former three-term Gov.
George Pataki was the last Republican to win the statehouse back in 2002.Lawler said New Yorkers should be proud that New York- bred Trump is back in the White House.“Floridians think Donald Trump is theirs, but we know that Donald Trump is a...