Pumped with a Long Island NY visit …Trump dreams about taking New York….

Donald Trump IS NOT gonna carry New York….

His fellow Republicans ain’t going along with the dream….

This IS a man SERIOUSLY living in a Alternate Universe….

And wasting his time and effort….

And could actually HURT his party’s House members in the state and Congress ….

 

Former President Trump is homing in on deep-blue New York, a state seen as critical to determining who controls the House next year.

Trump has made multiple campaigns stops to the Empire State, including a rally on Long Island last week that featured a vulnerable House GOP member up for reelection….

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While Trump’s hopes of flipping New York seem lofty, Republicans point to other underlying reasons for his visits there, namely to boost four House Republicans in the state whose results may decide which party controls the House: Reps. Mike Lawler, Anthony D’Esposito, Marc Molinaro and Brandon Williams.

All four first-term representatives eked out narrow wins in their elections in 2022 by no more than a few points and are prime targets for Democrats hoping to take back the House in November. They have an uphill battle, with Vice President Harris likely to comfortably win the state at the presidential level.

After some of the New York representatives took a bit longer than some of their other GOP colleagues to endorse Trump’s 2024 bid, D’Esposito appeared with Trump at the rally. The other three did not….

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“Trump will carry the rural areas of New York, but he is polarizing and toxic in suburban New York, and he would lose an election to Bernie Madoff if he’s on the ballot in New York City,” Townsend said.

And D’Esposito specifically may have an additional obstacle in his district following a New York Times report that he had an affair and had his fiancée’s daughter and the woman he was having the affair with on his district office’s payroll. D’Esposito slammed the report as a “hit piece” and argued that his personal life has not interfered with his ability to deliver results for his district.

But the timing of the report not long before the election could increase his vulnerability, Townsend said….

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