Mike Lawler sells a moderate brand, but he is a far-right gaslighter when it matters. He backed the largest Medicaid cut in history to fund tax cuts for billionaires after repeatedly promising the opposite, defended Trump’s tariffs even while admitting they’d hurt New Yorkers, cheered a plan that hollowed out Social Security service, came up short on tax relief for New Yorkers, and demonstrated poor judgement. New Yorkers deserve serious representation, not an embarrassing clown.
Message: Lawler promised to protect New Yorkers’ health coverage and access to care, then voted to gut it in order to give tax breaks to billionaires.
- Lawler has repeatedly defended Trump’s tariffs despite also acknowledging they would cause pain. He claimed they were “very effective” and that paired with Republicans’ tax giveaways to the wealthy they would cause the economy to “take off.”
- Then, he voted four times to protect the tariffs, including in April 2025 when he was the deciding vote to protect them, dooming New Jersey families who relied on him to a trade war and rising prices. Tariffs are contributing to higher food prices and pain for business owners.
Message: Lawler is fine with New Yorkers paying more for groceries and everything else if it's what Trump wants.
Message: Lawler talks about protecting New York seniors, but didn’t stop Trump’s attacks on Social Security.
Message: Lawler cast the deciding vote against releasing the Epstein files, protecting the accused pedophiles named within them.
- Lawler promised New Yorkers that he would raise the SALT deduction to $100,000. In the end, he came up short with only a $40,000 temporary deduction.
Message: Lawler promised New Yorkers $100,000 in tax relief, but came up short.
- When Lawler was in college he was photographed wearing blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume. He attended Manhattan College where only three percent of the students were Black and reportedly used bronzer to darken his face for the costume.
- Lawler apologized but claimed his actions were the “sincerest form of flattery” and a “genuine homage to [his] musical hero.” Lawler then tried to make jokes about his actions.
- Lawler had an oddly strong obsession with Michael Jackson. It was reported that in 2005 he flew to California to attend part of Michael Jackson’s criminal trial over accusations Jackson molested a young boy. Lawler was reportedly “so disgusted” by the testimony against Jackson that he “couldn’t help but mutter something derogatory under his breath” and was removed from the courtroom.
Message: Lawler is a clown with bad judgement who embarrasses New Yorkers with his antics.
All hospitals in the district are included in this map; Green hospitals are at risk; Black have been shut down
Lawler Voted For The Largest Medicaid Cut In History
Lawler Defended Trump's Tariffs At New Yorkers' Expense
Lawler Supported Cuts At Social Security
Lawler Defended Wearing Blackface
Lawler's Votes In Congress