Brad Lander is laying out his priorities for Congress just days after defeating incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th Congressional District.
Lander spoke on “Mornings On 1” Thursday, where he pointed to housing, healthcare and protecting immigrants as top issues he wants to focus on should he win the general election on Nov. 3.
On the campaign trail, Lander said he found that voters were driven by frustration with the political system.
“On the one hand, voters are fed up with politicians who take lots of corporate PAC money, and look like they’re doing the work of Wall Street, and crypto, and AI, and AIPAC, ” he said. “They want people who are going to fight for working families and show they’re doing it, who put their bodies on the line, and who say, I get the struggles working people are facing.”
“At the same, I found there’s a lot of joy moving in New York City right now. Some of that is still the Knicks,” he added. “People are hungering for some joy and some dignity in their lives. The mayor’s bringing a lot of that back to the city, and they want to see Congress fight for that as well.”
If elected, Lander said it would be important to “stay focused on what matters most to your neighbors.”
Looking ahead, he said Democrats should focus on opposing Republican healthcare policies.
“Last year, Republicans voted to double people’s premiums on the exchanges, to rip healthcare away from people, to cut Medicare and Medicaid,” he said.
“When we win back the House — and I believe we will, I’ll be working hard for that, along with other Democrats across the spectrum all fall — let’s make clear, we’re going to run that fight again,” he added. “And we’ll only vote for a budget that restores those healthcare subsidies, so people can afford their lives better.”
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