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Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

Rep. Mike Lawler on gerrymandering, Trump's tariffs and more | The Point Full Interview 8.10.25

Published August 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 10:04

That is at her hand and she has done nothing to fix that. And in fact, what she has done has created a situation where An avowed socialist is on the verge of becoming mayor of New York City. Congressman, we're going to have to leave it right there for now. But our conversation continues right after the show on our streaming channel, CBS News New York. (10:04–10:08)

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Asserts that a socialist candidate is close to winning the mayoral race in New York City.

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“Illinois gerrymandered the map so badly that there's only three Republicans representing the state in Congress.”
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“I passed 11 bills, six were signed into law by President Biden.”
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“Hamas and Hezbollah are largely decimated.”
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“The Assad regime has fallen in Syria.”
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“Iran's air defenses and nuclear program are basically obliterated.”
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“The spending in this state [New York] has increased by $100 billion in 10 years.”
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“The grid today is dirtier seven years later after the shutdown of Indian Point than prior to it.”
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“Undocumented immigrants should not be counted as part of the census.”
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“Democrats in New York did try to gerrymander our maps in 2022, and they were slapped down by the Court of Appeals.”
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“New York did mid decade redistricting just last year because they didn't like the outcome of the 2022 elections.”
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“I am going to be introducing legislation to ban gerrymandering, ban mid decade redistricting.”
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“The map that we had in 2022 that was drawn by a court appointed special master resulted in Republicans winning 11 of 26 seats.”
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“I've been rated the fourth most bipartisan member of Congress.”
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“I was the number one most effective freshman member.”
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“Part of the one big beautiful bill included expanding the childcare tax credit and expanding out the ability of employers to help provide…”
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“Our birth rate has declined precipitously over the last 15 years.”
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“New York leads the nation in outmigration for a reason.”
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“New York has the highest tax burden in the nation.”
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“New York has the worst and most burdensome business regulations in the country.”
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“Having an avowed socialist, a Marxist, talking about seizing the means of production, banning private property ownership, legalizing…”
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“I fundamentally believe whoever is best positioned in a one-on-one race based on the polling, come Labor Day, everybody else needs to do…”
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“The reason the Palestinian people are in the situation they're in is because of Hamas, a terrorist organization that for 20 years has ruled…”
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“Israel and the United States have been working to provide humanitarian assistance.”
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“Hamas cannot remain in power. They continue to hold Israelis and Americans hostage.”
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“The Middle east today is in a better place than it was prior to October 7th.”
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“Kathy Hochul is a disaster. She is the worst governor in the country.”
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“Businesses are leaving, Wall Street is leaving [New York].”
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“Crime is still a major problem in New York.”
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“You have the migrant crisis costing the state [New York] billions of dollars.”
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