Backing Bruce Blakeman and Making the Case for Change

0:00 Speaker 1 Sunday morning. With us today is Congressman Nicholas Lolota, and he is the congressman for the east end of Long Island, and that’s a big territory, represents a lot of people. And, well, Nick Lolota, if I lived in that district, I would be voting for you. Tell us about what the heck is going on out east.

0:21 Speaker 2 Thanks so much, John. It’s good to be on with you once again with you and your audience. People in Suffolk County are fired up, John. They’re fired up this election season because they want common sense and they want to reject the crazy that’s coming from Mayor Monda and Governor Hochul and the nonsense from the Democrat Socialists of America.

0:41 We Long Islanders are proud. We’re strong. We’re peaceful people. We want to incentivize and reward hard work. We want to ensure that we support law and order. Those used to be bipartisan endeavors. Unfortunately, the state of our politics, really only one party supports those platforms right now. We’re proud to have Bruce Blaketon on the top of our ticket.

1:02 He’s been crisscrossing the state and the island for the last few months especially, do a heck of a job focusing voters on the things that matter. Like 2022, when my predecessor Lee Zeldin ran for governor, I expect Bruce to do tremendously well on Long Island, upstate. And I got my fingers crossed in the city. I’m hoping there’s

1:23 enough Mondami fatigue in the city of folks who are disappointed in his policies, his anti-Semitism, all the farces that are government-run grocery stores and the free buses. I’m hoping there’s enough fatigue there in the city and that Bruce has a path to lead our great state, John.

1:41 Speaker 1 Well, look, I know Bruce for, I guess, 30 years. I mean, I knew his first wife. I knew, you know, I knew his father-in-law. It was a great family. And I knew since he was running for mayor the first time with that barking dog. So I have a lot of respect for him. But, you know, it’s, look, let’s

2:03 see what happens. I mean, you know, I pray for common sense to happen in New York City, New York State.

2:12 Speaker 2 Yeah, we’re praying, John, but we’re also working really hard this week. We were at a rally. The Speaker of the House was at a rally with us this week on Long Island. Hundreds of people, 500, 600 people in a hangar in the town of Brookhaven here in Suffolk County fired up about the path that Republicans will put

2:35 us on in New York State and will ensure that we have as a country a People up here, yes, John, we’re praying, but we’re also working really hard, knocking on doors, making phone calls, planting long signs, sending text messages. We’re putting in the work on the streets to ensure that we’re in front of voters, making sure the voters understand

2:55 the decision that has to be made. It’s one of common sense versus one of totally crazy, John.

3:01 Speaker 1 Well, thank you, Congressman LaLotta, and let’s keep common sense in Washington, and God bless you, and God bless America.

3:08 Speaker 2 Amen, my friend.