President Trump on Friday pledged to immediately help Bruce Blakeman slash energy prices and crackdown on crime and illegal immigration New York, if Empire State voters choose the Republican gubernatorial candidate over Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul in November.
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voters → pledge → November
“Kathy Hochul and the radical ‘Dumocrats’ have turned New York into a national embarrassment of high cost, high crime, massive corruption and communist politicians chasing jobs and businesses and wealth … out of the state,” Trump said at a packed rally in Syracuse.
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Trump → turn → Syracuse
“The people of New York need to clean house in Albany on November 3rd, starting with Kathy Hochul,” he demanded.
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he → need → Hochul
Trump rattled off eye-popping statistics on the number of “migrant criminals who have been arrested” in the state, only to be set lose by Hochul “to prey on innocent New Yorkers.”
“In less than two years, New York has released criminal illegal aliens with charges and convictions for over 48,000 crimes,” he said.
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he → rattle → crimes
“These are the people that are just released into the streets, including 8,600 assaults, 1,600 robberies and thousands and thousands of rapes and kidnappings and murders.
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that → release → rapes
“Democrats sanctuary policies always put innocent lives at risk.”
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policies → put → risk
Trump praised the “heroes of ICE” involved in Thursday’s shooting of suspected migrant gang member Oscar Belgal in the Bronx.
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Trump → praise → Bronx
The president described Belgal as a “man with a criminal record a mile long who was wanted for possible murder and murder in a gang …
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who → describe → gang
He’s a very dangerous man, and they got him.”
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they → ’ → him
“But instead of being praised,” Trump lamented, “ICE was scorned by New York politicians who set him loose.”
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who → praise → him
“If you want to stop illegal alien criminals from being released into your communities, you must elect Bruce Blakeman and a Republican Congress and we will ban sanctuary cities and sanctuary states at long last,” he promised.
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he → want → cities
Trump continued, “And if Bruce Blakeman, as your governor, calls me to help straighten out in New York City or pretty dangerous parts of this state that I know and love so much, I’ll be there within 24 hours, Bruce.”
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I → continue → hours
With Blakeman in the governor’s mansion, the president declared that “within two months you’ll go from a high crime city to almost no crime at all — just like I did in Washington D.C., Memphis and New Orleans.”
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I → declare → D.C.
Trump also raked Hochul over the coals on the high cost of electricity in the state — and said Blakeman would bring prices down by up to “90%.”
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Blakeman → rake → %
I hate to tell you that,” Trump said.
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Trump → hate → that
“And when Bruce gets in, you’re going to go from the highest in the nation, I believe, to among the lowest in the nation — because he’s going to tap into your oil.
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he → get → oil
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“You are sitting on some of the greatest oil reserves anywhere in the world, and you’re not allowed to touch it,” he continued.
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he → sit → it
“If Bruce Blakeman gets in, he will cut your electric bills by 70%, 80% and 90%.”
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he → get → %
The rally was held at the Syracuse OneCenter, a massive convention center in the middle of the city.
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rally → hold → city
At the top of his remarks, the president fired up the crowd, saying it’s great to be back in upstate New York.
“Here we are, not far from the shores of Lake America,” he said to wild applause of the renaming of Lake Ontario.
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he → fire → Ontario
Joining Trump aboard Air Force One for the Syracuse trip were boxing legend Mike Tyson and New York Yankees President Randy Levine.
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Tyson → join → trip
“He’s a very dangerous person actually,” Trump bragged of Tyson.
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Trump → ’ → Tyson
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and New York GOP Reps. Claudia Tenney and Nick Langworthy also traveled with Trump on the presidential plane.
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Wright → travel → plane
Ahead of the president’s speech, Blakeman warmed up the crowd by pledging that New York would be opened up to fracking and cease being a “sanctuary state” if elected.
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York → warm → fracking
“We’ve got to tap into that Marcellus Shale.
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We → get → Shale
It’s drill baby drill,” Blakeman said.
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Blakeman → ’ → ?
The Nassau County executive slammed Hochul as “the most pro-criminal governor in America” and said Albany policies like cashless bail and sanctuary cities are “all designed to let criminals get out and suffer no consequences for committing crimes in our communities.”
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criminals → slam → communities
He also blamed Hochul for Thursday’s ICE shooting in the Bronx for allowing “illegal migrants with criminal records to prey on the people of our state,” Blakeman said.
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Blakeman → blame → state
“He tried to run the ICE agents over,” Blakeman continued.
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Blakeman → try → agents
“Kathy Hochul, we’re outraged that you would let this guy into our state and defend him.
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you → ’re → him
Blakeman received thunderous applause when he vowed to sign an executive action declaring, “New York is no longer a sanctuary state,” if he beats Hochul.
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he → receive → Hochul
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