The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
TRUMP, TENNEY TOUT TAXES
Eric Trump paid a visit to Central New York to rally voters for Congresswoman Claudia Tenney.
A crowd of more than 100 people packed into the New Hartford RNC Headquarters on Tuesday, chanting “Trump,” “Tenney” and “U.S.A.” between clapping and cheering. Outside the building, protesters gathered in the rain with signs along the road.
Tenney, the Republican incumbent for New York’s 22nd Congressional District, said the campaign is down to the last two weeks and felt honored having the chance to bring Trump to Central New York before Election Day.
“We just had an amazing talk about Utica, the region, the Southern Tier, Binghamton and everywhere,” Tenney said. “We had a tremendous tour of Revere Copper Products.”
Tenney said theworkers at Revere told her and Trump how well the tax cuts were working and how grateful they were. The CEO of Revere, Tenney said, told her and Trump that the company hadn’t seen such a productive time then the last two years.
“Things like the tax cuts and the trade policy the president put through and had the courage to fight for are helping,” Tenney said. “The trade is helping Revere, the cuts are helping and rolling back unnecessary tax cuts are keeping jobs here in America.”
Tenney spent time with Trump discussing policies championed by his father, President Donald Trump.
“We talked a lot about policy. We talked about how important it is to put business people in office,” Tenney said. “We have someone who has common sense and who knows how to get our jobs back.”
When Eric Trump stepped up to talk, he abandoned the microphone after a second of technical difficulties and elected to speak without it.
“The good thing about us Trumps is that we’re obnox-
iously loud,” Trump said. “Claudia is absolutely amazing. We need her in Washington. The swamp is deep and nasty. And Claudia is incredible. She voted for the tax cuts and look at our country. We’re winning in just about everything. We’re winning for our great veterans, we’re beating the I- can’t-say-it out of ISIS, the North Korea situation has been handled and look at the economy of this country right now.”
Trump said the stock market, 401Ks and consumer confidence are at a record high while manufacturing jobs are returning to the country.
“We lost 70,000 factories in this country to NAFTA,” Trump said. “And do you know why? We over-regulated companies and we over-taxed companies and guess what? Our companies, our jobs and our products went to all these other places. During Obama’s administration, we had a period in this country when unemployment was at 10 percent. Right now we have 3.7 percent unemployment.”
Trump said the country is doing very well and that the media will not talk about it; or how his father is tackling issues such as the opioid epidemic and prison reform.
Trump said for the country to continue on this path, voters need to get to the polls and vote in people like Tenney.
“Promise me one thing. I hear this every single day, people say that their people are not on the ballot. ‘Trump’s my guy and he’s not on the ballot so I’m not going out to vote’,” Trump said. “You cannot think that way. Not voting for Claudia is actually voting against my father. If he doesn’t have the House, if he doesn’t have the Senate, you’re going to have Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. These people don’t have the best interests of the country in heart. There wasn’t a single Democrat who voted to cut taxes.”
Among those attending were Peter Bolos, owner of Big Apple Music.
“I’m always fired up because I want to make America greater than ever,” Bolos said. “I love Eric Trump. I think he’s a sharp guy and knows what he’s talking about. I came out to support him and Claudia.”
When asked what aspects of the Tenney and Trump platform resonated with him, Bolos said it came down to morals.
“A lot of people have a different view of whatmorals are, but I’m thinking in terms of old-fashioned, American, Biblical morals,” Bolos said.
Another attendee was recent high school grad- uate Peter Carlesimo. A Frankfort-Schuyler High School Class of the 2018 graduate, Carlesimo said the event was a good chance to see Trump and hear what they had to see.
“I’m going to be voting for Tenney and wanted to see what she and Eric had to say,” Carlesimo said. “I’m supporting America and the right side. I’mfrom a predominantly Democrat state, with the highest taxes in the country and we’re trying to change that.”
“My father gets killed in taxes each year and he’s a hard worker,” Carlesimo said. “I’m going to convince my friends to get to the polls. Eric said if you’re not voting, you’re going against Trump. Not voting is bad either way, so I’m going to encourage themto go vote, whoever it is. Hopefully it’s for Claudia Tenney.”