Trump Heads to a Competitive New York District to Sell His Tax Law as Voters Sour on the Economy
The White House says the event will spotlight the expanded state and local tax deduction, which rose to $40,000 after last year’s tax package.
- President Donald Trump will visit Rockland County, New York, on May 22 for an event at Rockland Community College with Rep. Mike Lawler, focusing on federal tax cuts and affordability measures.
- This visit is the first by a sitting U.S. president to Rockland County in 50 years, described as a historic moment by State Senator Bill Weber.
- The visit has caused mixed reactions, with support from Republicans and planned protests from civil rights groups and Democrats criticizing Trump and Lawler's policies.
- Traffic delays and school closures are expected in the area due to the visit, which is politically significant as Lawler's district is a key battleground for the 2026 midterm elections.
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"TAKE HIM HOME TO MOMMY!" - Trump Nukes Two Hecklers as Crowd Chants "USA" - "Don't Hurt Him!"
While delivering remarks at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, on Friday, President Trump stopped his speech twice to call out left-wing protesters, one of whom he hit with his classic "Go home to mom!" line. A second protester arose in the back just minutes later, and Trump encouraged the crowd not to hurt him.
Trump warns New York is hemorrhaging tax base, slams retail crime
SUFFERN, N.Y. — President Donald Trump on Friday told a cheering crowd in New York that the state is hemorrhaging its tax base as high earners flee burdensome policies, while vowing tough action against retail crime that has turned pharmacies into fortresses of glass and locks. Trump, speaking at a rally in Suffern, a Rockland… The post Trump warns New York is hemorrhaging tax base, slams retail crime appeared first on Florida’s Voice.
Trump tests midterm coattails with visit to Lawler’s ‘Harris district’
President Donald Trump put his midterm coattails to the test Friday by trekking into a New York House district won by Kamala Harris in the last presidential election. “It’s this radical turnaround, and we better do it fast, because we’re not going to have a New York left, and we got to have New York […]
Trump Touts Tax Relief at Campaign Event in Swing New York District
SUFFERN, N.Y.—President Donald Trump highlighted a tax deduction enacted in his signature law last year at a campaign event for Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) in New York’s Hudson Valley on May 22. The president highlighted the quadrupling of the state and local tax deduction (SALT) under the One Bill Beautiful Bill Act. It allows taxpayers to deduct taxes paid to state and local taxes from their federal tax bill. The deduction is aimed at residents…
Trump speaks at N.Y.'s Rockland Community College, campaigning for Rep. Lawler
President Donald Trump, from a toss-up congressional district in New York on Friday, began testing his midterm-year message that was ostensibly on the economy. But he veered off-topic right from the start, going off on tangents about voter identification, crime in cities, transgender women in sports and “Dumocrats,” his new chosen moniker for the opposition party.
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