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Pete Buttigieg rallies with Dem House candidate against Rep. Mike Lawler with no mention of Biden

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Golden, V. (2026, September 17). Pete Buttigieg rallies with Dem House candidate against Rep. Mike Lawler with no mention of Biden. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/17/us-news/pete-buttigieg-rallies-with-dem-house-candidate-against-rep-mike-lawler-with-no-mention-of-biden/

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Pete Buttigieg recently rallied for Democratic candidate Cait Conley in Tarrytown, New York, against Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, with about 500 people attending. The event emphasized defeating President Trump and flipping control of the House to counter a potential Republican monopoly on federal government power. Neither Buttigieg nor Conley mentioned Joe Biden by name during the nearly hour-long rally focused on local issues and criticisms of Lawler's stance on Medicaid funding and tariffs.
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Pete Buttigieg rallied for Democrat Cait Conley against Republican Rep. Mike Lawler in Tarrytown, Westchester County on Wednesday. With roughly 500 people in attendance at the Tarrytown Music Hall, Buttigieg and Conley focused on flipping the House of Representatives to break up a Republican monopoly. Neither Democrat mentioned former President Joe Biden by name. Buttigieg highlighted that the political system is broken but urged acting as if it isn't, criticizing those who believed then-President Trump's promise to "drain the swamp." Attendees responded with chants like “lock ‘em up,” reminiscent of past events during Trump’s presidency.

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Buttigieg was in Tarrytown, Westchester County, to help boost Democrat Cait Conley in her race against Republican Rep. Mike Lawler though neither Democrat mentioned former President Joe Biden by name. “Our political system is broken, now it’s time to start acting like it isn’t,” Buttigieg, who mounted an unsuccessful campaign for President in 2020, told the crowd of roughly 500 people packed into the Tarrytown Music Hall.
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🔮 the former big wig consultant turned South Bend, Indiana mayor snarked to the crowd.

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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg rallied with the Democratic candidate in New York’s key battleground district on Wednesday — with the pair painting the election as a referendum on President Trump. asserted
pair → rally → Trump
Buttigieg was in Tarrytown, Westchester County, to help boost Democrat Cait Conley in her race against Republican Rep. Mike Lawler though neither Democrat mentioned former President Joe Biden by name. “Our political system is broken, now it’s time to start acting like it isn’t,” Buttigieg, who mounted an unsuccessful campaign for President in 2020, told the crowd of roughly 500 people packed into the Tarrytown Music Hall. asserted
who → help → Hall
The nearly hour-long rally focused focused on the goal of flipping the House of Representatives in November for the second half of Trump’s second term in office to break up a Republican monopoly on the federal government. asserted
rally → focus → government
“I know a lot of people who believed the president when he said he was going to drain the swamp. asserted
he → know → swamp
How did that go?” asserted
that → go → ?
the former big wig consultant turned South Bend, Indiana mayor snarked to the crowd. asserted
consultant → turn → crowd
At one point, several attendees began chanting “lock ‘em up” in response to remarks about Trump and Republicans in a strange echo of a favorite chant at Trump rallies a decade ago calling for then presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s imprisonment. asserted
attendees → begin → imprisonment
Conley, a West Point graduate who worked for the Pentagon under Biden after serving six tours in the Middle East, framed November’s midterms as an existential fight against Trump. asserted
who → work → Trump
“These are not normal times, these are not normal stakes,” Conley said. asserted
Conley → say → ?
She railed against Republicans’ efforts to claw back funding for New York’s expanded Medicaid eligibility threshold, tariffs, the Iran war and data centers. asserted
She → rail → threshold
“Corrupt politicians are selling us out to billionaires and corporations and special interests,” she said. asserted
she → sell → billionaires
Lawler spokesperson Ciro Riccardi blasted Buttigieg for signing off on Hochul’s congestion pricing plan that imposed a toll on all drivers in midtown Manhattan, launched in the waning hours of the Biden administration. asserted
that → blast → administration
“Pete Buttigieg is a failed Presidential candidate who forced the Transportation Department to sign off on New York City’s congestion pricing scheme,” Riccardi said. asserted
Riccardi → fail → scheme
“Cait Conley can explain to the firefighters, teachers, nurses, cops, EMTs, and union workers who drive into the city every day why she’s campaigning with the man who raised their taxes by thousands of dollars a year,” Lawler’s spokesperson wrote in a statement to The Post. asserted
spokesperson → explain → Post
Buttigieg, a US Navy veteran, didn’t however miss the opportunity to tout some of Conley’s bona fides such as her cybersecurity expertise and their shared military service. asserted
Buttigieg → miss → expertise
“As a Navy guy of course I’m honor bound to acknowledge she joined the second best branch,” he joked. asserted
he → bind → branch
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