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Cait Conley: “I got to work at the White House as the director for…”

Featuring: Cait Conley, Democratic | Candidate, U.S. House New York, 17th Congressional District

Cait Conley on her NY District 17 Congressional Campaign and the Fight to Defeat Mike Lawler

Published October 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:05

Andy, when I say I live the American dream, I mean neither of my parents graduated from college. I got to go to West Point, earn master's degree from Harvard, mit. I got to work at the White House as the director for counterterrorism. And I just turned 40, right? Like, I'm ready to go. And it is that spirit of, truly in America, you have boundless opportunities for your future that I think … (03:05–03:09)

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“Iran is enabling the war in Ukraine by providing Russia with suicide one way UAVs.”
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“Donald Trump passed executive orders targeting the former director of my former agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…”
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“Ransomware actors, many of whom who are enabled by some of our strategic adversaries, like North Korea, like Russia, who are conducting…”
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“Graduated at the top of my class [at West Point], went off to serve 16 years in the U.S. army as an active army officer.”
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“I did six combat tours.”
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“I'm the only one born and raised here [in the Hudson Valley] in this field who truly comes from blue collar, working-class roots.”
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“I'm the only non-millionaire [in this field].”
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“Mike Lawler has 100% of the time backed Trump and his agenda.”
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“Under [Mike Lawler's] watch, we have seen electricity prices for the Hudson Valley skyrocket.”
Cait Conley on her NY District 17 Congressional Campaign and the Fight to Defeat Mike Lawler | Uploaded October 12, 2025 | 08:32-08:39
“We're seeing tens of millions of dollars in reduction in programs like SNAP across the district.”
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“This budget bill they passed earlier this year, tens of thousands of families are most vulnerable right here in the district, are going to…”
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“28% of registered voters in New York 17 are unaffiliated or Independent.”
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“We have a housing crisis. People can't afford to buy homes, and when they get in homes, they can't afford to stay in them.”
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“Electricity bills that are going up double digits over the next three to five years.”
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“The cost of groceries under Mike Lawler's watch have gone up 20% in three years.”
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“The recent college graduate unemployment rate this summer exceeded that of the national average.”
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“Iran, the largest purveyor of lethal aid to terror groups.”
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“We still have 47 hostages that haven't been returned home on that attack.”
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“We lost American citizens [in the October 7th attack].”
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“I'm the only one who stepped up and has fought to defend this nation wearing the uniform.”
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“We have to make sure that we are working on conditions to deliver a two state solution.”
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“This administration, enabled by Congress and members like Mike Lawler, have weaponized the executive branch against their political…”
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“He's [Trump] issuing executive orders directing the Department of Justice to investigate patriots like Chris Krebs who did the right thing.”
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“These actions to further a political agenda are making America less safe because troops are getting pulled away from what they should be…”
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“North Korea affirm that they're going to continue expanding their nuclear weapons arsenal.”
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“Iran unwaveringly committed to building a nuclear weapon.”
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“Climate change is no longer a moral issue. It is a national security issue.”
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“We were pumping billions of dollars into these types of, of what they would have called green energy, alternative energy projects [through…”
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“Politicians on both sides got us into this mess and more politicians are not going to get us out of it.”
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“Lawlor is not that leader that our nation needs. He is the antithesis of it.”
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“We've raised $1.3 million since launching at the end of March.”
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