¶ president trump and speaker johnson both endorsed ANTHONY CONSTANTINO for congress, AND CONSTANTINO SAID HE WOULD ANSWER TO TRUMP IN CONGRESS
Donald Trump Endorsed Constantino For Congress. According to a Truth Social post from Donald Trump,
[Truth Social, @realDonaldTrump, 4/21/26]
Speaker Mike Johnson Endorsed Constantino For Congress, Calling Him An “America First Patriot” Who Will “Defend And Grow Our House Republican Majority.” According to a post from Mike Johnson on Twitter,
[Twitter, @MikeJohnson, 7/1/26]
Constantino Said In Congress He Would “Only Answer To” His Constituents, His Moral Compass And “To President Trump Who Earned Our Respect.” According to a post on Sticker Mule for Constantino for Congress, “Businesspeople find problems and fix them. Politicians should do the same. That’s how President Trump operates, and it’s why I support him. He identifies problems and acts decisively. Most career politicians, however, spend their time fundraising, attending dinners, taking photos, and enriching themselves. Career politicians are easily controlled because politics is their livelihood. They become beholden to donors and special interests. I’m self-funding my campaign so that no donor, lobbyist, or special interest will influence me. I will answer only to the people of New York’s 21st Congressional District, to President Trump who earned our respect, and to my own moral compass.” [Constantino for Congress, Sticker Mule 1/14/26]
¶ may 2025: trump and johnson fought for passage of the “big beautiful bill,” WHICH WOULD TRIGGER NEARLY $500 BILLION IN MEDICARE CUTS
May 2025: Johnson Reached Agreements With Conservative And Moderate Republicans With Help From Donald Trump Before Passing The Sweeping Budget Bill. According to the Guardian, "The biggest obstacle the bill faces is disputes among Republicans themselves. In the days leading up to the vote, Johnson had to reach agreements with lawmakers representing Democratic-led states who demanded a bigger deduction for state and local taxes (Salt). He also had to woo moderates wary of cutting too deeply into safety net programs and rightwing lawmakers demanding more cost savings. The speaker appears to have bridged those divides, aided by a visit to the Capitol from Trump on Tuesday. Moderates backed down after some cuts were nixed, while lawmakers who held out over Salt won an enlarged tax break. Johnson also managed to corral most fiscal conservatives, but acknowledged: ‘There was a few moments over the last week when it looked like the thing might fall apart.’" [Guardian, 5/22/25]
May 2025: The Passage Of The Budget Bill Was A “Triumphant Moment For Johnson,” Who Got The Bill Passed With A Singular Vote Margin. According to ABC News, "A smiling Speaker Mike Johnson announced the massive measure passed by a single vote -- 215-214 -- and was greeted with applause. He had struggled to get it done -- as he had promised -- by Memorial Day, before lawmakers go on recess. The sweeping package of tax cuts, Medicaid reform and immigration spending delivers on many of the president's domestic campaign promises. Following debate that stretched Wednesday through the entire night and into early Thursday morning, the vote was a triumphant moment for Johnson, who conquered sharp divisions among his conference ‘through a lot of prayer’ amid a historically low 3-vote majority." [ABC News, 5/22/25]
- HEADLINE: "Trump And GOP’s Tax Bill Would Force Cuts To Medicare, CBO Says" [Washington Post, 5/21/25]
The Congressional Budget Office Estimated That The House Republican Reconciliation Bill Would Trigger Nearly $500 Billion In Cuts To Medicare. According to a letter the Congressional Budget Office sent to Rep. Brendan Boyle, "Today the Congressional Budget Office transmitted an estimate of the budgetary effects of the 2025 reconciliation bill, as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 18, 2025. 1 CBO has not yet completed estimates of the effects of interactions among the titles of the legislation. This letter responds to your questions concerning the sequestration (the cancellation of budgetary resources) in accordance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (S-PAYGO) that would occur if an enacted bill raised deficits by $2.3 trillion over 10 years. Under S-PAYGO, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to maintain 5- and 10-year scorecards that it updates with the estimated cumulative changes in revenues and outlays generated by newly enacted legislation. […] The 4 percent maximum reduction in Medicare spending would apply to sequestration orders for years after 2026. If OMB ordered a sequestration of $230 billion for each year through 2034, the ordered reductions in Medicare spending would increase to about $75 billion in 2034 and would total roughly $490 billion over the 2027–2034 period." [Letter to Rep. Brendan Boyle – Congressional Budget Office, 5/20/25]
¶ nearly 4 million new yorkers relied on medicare
2024: 3,912,348 New Yorkers Were Enrolled In Medicare. According to KFF, 3,912,348 New Yorkers were enrolled in Medicare in 2024. [KFF, 2024]