Trump Hits Democrats on Crime, Taxes to Boost NY’s Lawler (1)

May 22, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC

President Donald Trump assailed Democrats over crime levels in blue jurisdictions as he sought to boost one of the Republican Party’s most vulnerable lawmakers during a campaign stop in New York.

“The streets are dirty. The crime is out of control,” Trump said at an event in Suffern, a suburb of New York City represented by Mike Lawler, who faces an uphill climb to win reelection the US House in November’s midterm election.

WATCH: President Donald Trump says Democratic policies on crime and taxes were leading to an exodus of businesses and taxpayers from the nation’s financial capital. Source: Bloomberg

Trump said Democratic policies on crime and taxes were leading to an exodus of businesses and taxpayers from the nation’s financial capital, ...

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