“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it”-Ronald Reagan
For Immediate Release
November 3, 2020
Contact: Shaun Marie
518-356-7882
www.cpnys.org @cpnys
Statement by Conservative Party Chairman Kassar on the Party’s Maintaining Its Legal Status
Brooklyn, NY – Chairman Gerard Kassar thanked the voters throughout New York State for making a statement by voting for President Donald J. Trump on the Conservative Party Line.
The Conservative Party has maintained its status as an official political organization in this first test of the law written and signed by Governor Cuomo, that attempts to eliminate third parties in New York State. The new law requires political parties to reach 130,000 votes or 2% of the total vote cast for President. The new law also subjects political parties to the same requirement in gubernatorial election years.
Chairman Kassar said “New Yorkers who chose to vote on the Conservative Line are making a statement that fiscal responsibility, law and order, less government involvement, and adherence to the values of our Founding Fathers, is what makes America the greatest nation in the world; knowing that, I was certain we would maintain our official status.”
The New York State Conservative Party is the third largest political party in New York State with over 150,000 members. In 2016 President Trump received 292,392 votes on the Conservative Party line.
Brace yourselves. Pandemic’s Cost in New York: $63 Billion (loss in revenue). And the pandemic is still with us costing us more. Will Governor Cuomo and the state Legislature be strong enough to cut spending? We know that Democrats only know how to increase taxes; so, make the right choice when you vote tomorrow. Vote on the Conservative Party line, especially for President. Your vote for President on the Conservative Party line will allow us to be your voice as budget negotiations begin in earnest after the elections.
The 50th Anniversary of James L. Buckley’s election as a United States Senator
Fifty years ago, the still emerging New York State Conservative Party shocked the political world when James L. Buckley ran only on the Conservative Party line and won a seat in the U.S. Senate! The pundits scoffed at the idea, but, James Buckley, with his charisma and common-sense ideas, ignited a conservative movement in New York that brought together the young, the old, the rich and the working man, that quite frankly, has been difficult to duplicate. A lot has changed in the 50 years that have passed since the excitement of the Buckley win; but this is certain, the principles, values, and dedication that ignited that movement are still as strong as ever within the membership of the Conservative Party and those who support the conservative cause in this deep blue state that seems, on the surface, to have lost its ability to unite and reestablish what brought so many to the hope of Ellis Island. Lady Liberty’s torch still burns bright; but today, too many believe its flame comes from government, not the hard work of its citizens.
James L. Buckley’s appeal to the youth had a lot to do with the times; he challenged the establishment – yes it was liberal then also — his appeal to the working class was his staunch support of reducing taxes and spending as well as restraints on regulations and bureaucracy. Sen. Buckley was unashamed to stand up for life, for being a conservationist before it was fashionable, and he had a plan to win in Vietnam and to do it quickly. James L. Buckley was and will always be dedicated to the American citizenry and in some ways like President Trump, who has the same remarkable ability to unite those who revere the United States of America.
We thank Judge Buckley (D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals) for taking up the cause in 1970; we thank him for believing in the Conservative Party. We salute his statesmanship and celebrate the 50th anniversary of his election to the United States Senate and for being an example for all to emulate.
Election 2020
With just four days remaining, President Trump could be on the path to a familiar looking victory.
While the President is tirelessly traveling the United States campaigning vigorously in battleground states, Joe Biden spends very little time outside of his Delaware home. The candidates schedule the last few weeks are just another indicator that Joe Biden is not physically fit to be this country’s Commander-in-Chief.
President Trump often does 4-5 public rallies per day, speaking to crowds of thousands. Biden does 4-5 public rallies per week, speaking to crowds of dozens, sometimes tens.
What does this mean? We won’t know until late November 3, but what we do know is the momentum and enthusiasm is squarely with President Trump; much like it was in the final days in 2016.
There are pockets of very good news, particularly in the swing state of Florida where it’s biggest county, Miami-Dade is having an unexpected strong showing of Republicans voting. Hillary Clinton won the county by 29 points in 2016, but still lost the state to then candidate Donald Trump. Now, the President looks poised to cut into that advantage which would be a huge development in the must win state of Florida.
The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime
You’ve heard it before, but in 2020 it is true, now more than ever. There are two philosophical differences on the ballot.
The first is a message of doom and gloom. Government forced shutdowns of the economy. It makes it tougher for corporations, the job creators, to do business, it aims to defund, and in some cases, disband the police. It aims to tax you for their agendas, such as the multi trillion-dollar Green New Deal. It aims to pack the Supreme Court, all because they lost the 2016 election and thus had no ability to fill vacancies. Instead, Democrats want to add Justices. It wants Puerto Rico and D.C. statehood for nothing more than to add 4 democratic Senators and additional House of Representative members. Remember, Democrats didn’t care about Puerto Rico in the 1990’s when the Clinton administration stripped the U.S. Territory of their ability to offer incentive to pharmaceutical companies to do business on the Island. Puerto Rico remains in a recession to this day. It aims to eliminate fracking, ban oil, and strip America of our energy independence, and it aims to have us rejoin trade deals that shipped Rust Belt jobs to Mexico and China.
The other is a message of hope. A message that the cure can’t be worse than the sickness itself. It lets Americans safely get back to work to provide for their families. It aims to keep both small and big business alive and thriving, something they could not survive if forced to close again. It gets children safely back to school. It keeps manufacturing jobs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. It keeps the farming industry alive and well in Wisconsin, and it tells Floridians that the atrocities faced just 90 miles south in Cuba, will never happen in the Sunshine State or anywhere else. It is a message of law and order that protects every citizens of this country, but doesn’t kowtow to a violent mob looking to loot and destroy businesses.
There are two very different choices on the ballot. I strongly encourage you to choose the policies that have worked to bring jobs back, lowers the unemployment rate to historic lows and made the American economy the envy of the world.
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Shortly after I took over as State Chairman, Governor Cuomo, angry with the Working Families Party moved to change state law, making it more difficult for third parties to exist. The Governor and legislature tripled the minimum number of votes required to maintain legal party status.
We are a party with a proud history, we have elected a U.S. Senator on our line alone and we continue to be the margin of victory for candidates around the state of New York. We are a small party, but we play a major role in getting conservative republicans elected.
We took the Governor to court and won the right to continue as a party, but under the new rules we must get between 160,000 to 170,000 votes cast on our Conservative Party line for President.
In 2016, the party received 292,392 votes on the Conservative line. This year we hope to surpass 300,000, sending a clear message to Governor Cuomo that New Yorker’s want a choice.
Please remember to grab a family member, friend or neighbor and vote for President Trump on the Conservative Party line.
From Intellectual Conservative: “That’s why this election seems so important. No longer are we battling for one party or the other; we are battling to determine the ideology which America will hold in the years ahead.” Internal Chaos Caused Philly’s ‘Peaceful Protests’. “Yes, we must go to the polls. …we must also be determined to live our own lives by the morals and virtue which once made this nation great.”
Emperor Cuomo is seriously considering legalizing marijuana to bring in tax dollars; it would be a major error of judgement to do so. The True Cost of Marijuana: A Colorado Town That Went All-In. While many in Pueblo supported (and still support) the initiative; many are also very concerned about the health care costs and the inability to have a good employment rate. The article gives both sides a fair hearing; what matters is the assessment of the long-term associated with the legalization of marijuana in your home town. (CPNYS is firmly opposed to the legalization of an DEA Schedule 1 drug.)
By the way, we are still silenced on @Twitter! Still no response to our emails as to why, nothing. Just ignoring us as if we, our voices, are non-existence, but lets the leftist Tweeters have freedom of speech. When did Twitter become the arbiter of the First Amendment? Hmmm, is Twitter trying to portray that they are being fair: Twitter censors Obama’s former attorney general over voting tweets. Not really, they only slapped him with a waring; they silenced us.
Lance Morrow’s insight into the politics of today is food for thought for all who truly care about being Americans.
Wow! Seriously? Nicolle Wallace erupts over Peggy Noonan: Conservative white women should keep ‘mouth shut’ This is the problem in todays’ society, the left really does believe that they are the only ones allowed to have an opinion. Nicolle Wallace, how would you like it if I tell you to keep your mouth shut? Grow up, Nicolle, learn to have a civil discussion about differences!
Wow. The former VP learned a lot at Obama and Michelle’s side, unfortunately, what he learned is not what the leader of the free world should believe about the country he wants to become the president of: Biden faces backlash for saying ‘America was an idea’ that ‘we’ve never lived up to’. It is disgraceful that he does not appreciate that we are fortunate to live in the greatest country in the world. “Never lived up to?” America has achieved more in its very short history than any other country; we have raised the standard of living, invented untold numbers of items that have helped the universe, corrected our mistakes, explored space, yet, the man who wants to lead this great country, says America was an idea that we’ve never lived up to. Shame on you, Joe Biden, shame on you.
Townhall.com is a right-leaning site that reports on the news. The following 3 headlines for today’s update are informing us what is going on in the mainstream media. I am not liking to the articles, just amazed at how deeply disturbed the left is. 1) NYT Op-Ed: We May Need ‘International Intervention’ Because of Trump; 2) Joe Scarborough Accuses Trump of Wanting to Kill Journalists ‘If He Could Get Away with It’ and 3) ‘Vanity Fair’ Warns ACB Will ‘Execute’ Women for Getting Abortions. Granted, headlines are written to grab one’s attention, but unfortunately in todays’ society people fail to read the article and tend to believe that what they see in the headline is gospel.
Click here to find your early voting place in NYS and NYC.
With eleven days to go, and early voting already in progress, the last presidential debate took place last night. The moderator, Kristen Welker, had more control of the debate, and to her credit, threw some hard balls to the former Vice President, however, there was little follow up when he deflected the questions and responded with unrelated answers.
Unfortunately, Joe Biden has a long history of embellishing the truth and even creating events that aren’t even close to being true. Why he wasn’t pressed into answering the allegations that continue to dodge him regarding Hunter Biden’s business deals is beyond comprehension. Voters have the right to know, if the man who looks right into the TV camera saying how you should trust his integrity, knowing how many times he stretched the truth in the past to serve his own agenda, what he knew and how involved he was with Hunter’s business arrangements, especially with Tony Bobulinsk pre-debate revelation.
President Trump consistently reminded viewers how he is looking out for America’s citizens. He has done more for the middle class, minority communities and those sent to prison under Joe Biden’s signature, draconian crime bill. Donald J. Trump is looking to get people back to work, has fast tracked COVID-19 remedies and a vaccine, is looking out for those employed in fracking and the oil industry, and will not rescind his tax cuts that let the working class keep more of their own money. As Thomas Sowell once said, “I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you’ve earned, but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.”
The 2020 elections are trending toward record breaking numbers; it is my hope that people voting have all the facts. The debate last evening was helpful, but more certainly must be learned about what Tony Bobulinsk knows, before it is too late.
Lieutenant Colonel Lee Zeldin is a native of Suffolk County, who served his country in the US Army completing ROTC; Lt. Col. Zeldin served in different capacities, including as a Military Intelligence Officer, Prosecutor, and Military Magistrate. In the summer of 2006, while assigned to the Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division, Lee deployed to Iraq with an infantry battalion of fellow paratroopers in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He currently serves in the Army Reserve.
In 2008, Congressman Zeldin opened a successful law practice (he received his law degree from Albany Law School and was at the time the youngest attorney at age 23) in Smithtown, New York, which he operated full time until he was elected to the New York State Senate in 2010, representing New York’s 3rd Senate District. As a State Senator, Congressman Zeldin led the successful effort to repeal the MTA Payroll Tax for 80 percent of employers, a job killing tax that was hurting New York’s small businesses. He also created the PFC Joseph Dwyer Program, a peer to peer counseling program for veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); the program started in Suffolk County and quickly expanded across the state. After serving 4 years in the NYS Senate, Zeldin was elected to Congress in 2014 where he quickly became a leading advocate for Veterans and first responders and a strong voice for the quality of education, repairing our nation’s infrastructure, improving healthcare in America, and safeguarding our environment.
You can help keep Lee Zeldin in Congress by clicking here.
Elise M. Stefanik was born and raised in Upstate New York. Prior to serving in Congress, Elise worked at her family’s Upstate New York small business. Growing up in her family’s small business, she learned, lived, and understands the values of hard work, perseverance, challenges, and risks that go along with building, operating and growing small businesses in the North Country. Elise graduated with Honors from Harvard University and currently serves on the Senior Advisory Committee of Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
Prior to her election to Congress, Elise served in the West Wing of the White House (2006-2009) as part of President George W. Bush’s Domestic Policy Council Staff and the Chief of Staff’s office where she assisted in overseeing the policy development process on all economic and domestic policy issues. When elected to Congress in 2014, Ms. Stefanik was the youngest representative elected, and is still the youngest Republican woman serving in Congress. Since elected, Elise has worked tirelessly on behalf of her district’s hardworking families, farmers, students, seniors, service members, military families and veterans. Congresswoman is an outspoken defender of President Trump and was a staunch defender of President Trump during the Impeachment Hearings.
You can help keep Elise Stefanik in Congress by clicking here.
Chris Jacobs is a conservative reformer, small businessman and was a New York State Senator representing Erie County in Western New York prior to his election to Congress in a special election held in June of 2020. First elected to the Senate in 2016 and re-elected in November of 2018, Chris has been a strong voice for Western New York, fighting against policies driven by New York City political interests that are harmful to the region. He has also been a strong advocate for government reform. The first piece of legislation Chris introduced in the Senate was term limits for all state elected officials.
Jacobs first job after college (Boston University) was working in Washington DC for former Buffalo Congressman and Buffalo Bills Quarterback Jack Kemp. In 1994, Jacobs returned home to Western New York to start the BISON Scholarship Fund, a charity that raised donations to help send children to private and religious schools; he was also small business owner. Jacobs founded Avalon Development in 2002, which has redeveloped many vacant and historic buildings in Western New York.
You can help keep Chris Jacobs in Congress by clicking here.
Obama stumps for Biden before roaring turnout in Philadelphia. Talk about misleading headlines; from the article “Hundreds of cars filled the Citizens Bank Park parking lots Thursday evening for a drive-in rally for the Biden-Harris campaign, with the star attraction being former President Barack Obama at the Philadelphia gathering.” How does hundreds of cars equal roaring? If this is all they can turnout for their superstar in a solid blue area, those polls the media keeps touting should be reviewed for accuracy.
EARLY VOTING BEGINS ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24. 2020 AND ENDS ON NOVEMBER 1, 2020. CPNYS STRONGLY RECOMMENDS VOTING IN PERSON. The places you can vote during EARLY VOTING, are NOT the same places you would normally vote. If you are a NYC resident, click here for where to VOTE EARLY; If you live outside of NYC and within NYS, click here for where to VOTE EARLY. Do all you can to vote in person.
The Election to End All Elections; Trump, imperfect as he is, is like a finger in a dike that, if removed, would loose a deluge. A book review by Angelo M. Codevilla well worth reading and distributing to your family and friends still sitting on the fence as to whom to entrust America’s future.
Twitter has suspended us again! We live in a country where we do not have to be afraid of speaking out against our government, in fact, we are encouraged to make our voices heard. If people practice peaceful demonstrations, they are reasonably assured they will not be prosecuted for disagreeing with government. It is the history of America. Yet, as we have noted in the past few weeks, if one dares to speak out on what is happening in the social media world, one is silenced. No trial, no explanation, no warnings. Just “bots” deciding what you cannot post. @cpnys has never been told why they have been suspended. This is all they say: “Hello, We’re writing to let you know that we’ve unsuspended your account. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see you back on Twitter soon. A little background: we have systems that find and remove multiple automated spam accounts in bulk, and yours was flagged as spam by mistake. Please note that it may take an hour or so for your follower and following numbers to return to normal. If you need to get in touch with us again, please file a report through your Twitter app or our forms page, as this account isn’t monitored for replies. Thanks, Twitter” This is the 4th time since March 14. The only positive thing I can say about Twitter is that we are in good company since it is mostly conservative sites that are silenced.
Joe Connor (who testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Relations regarding President Clinton’s 1999 clemency grant to 16 terrorists whose FALN murdered his father Frank Connor) explains why this Average American is voting for Donald Trump.
Governor Cuomo’s other dangerous legacy is his control of the Parole Board and how they turn convicted criminals free. Three articles that made the news this weekend: here, here and here.
How many people think former VP Joe Biden has a plan to reduce this debt? How many believe that working in government for the last 47 years gave him the insight and knowledge to reduce this debt? And finally, how can it be reduced with all the promises he has made to “the Squad” and the other progressives who demand government pay for everything? New Study Pegs COVID-19 Crisis Costs at $16 Trillion—So Far.
Facebook and Twitter Become Arbiters of Truth. “It is futile, stupid, and wrong for these platforms to deliberately slow the spread of a news story because some unnamed person within the company hierarchy has decided that story is false (emphasis added by cpnys). That is true of any news story, but it’s particularly the case for one concerning a presidential candidate within weeks of the election.”
Statement by Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar: The Release of Bellamy, Convicted of Setting Up the Murder of State Parole Officer Brian Rooney by the NYS Parole Board Is an Affront to the Safety of New Yorkers.
Brooklyn, NY – Yesterday, we learned of three convicted felons (here, here, here) being set free by the New York State Parole Board. Especially egregious is the release of Perry Bellamy, convicted of setting up the murder of one of their own.
Voters in New York State will soon be choosing who will represent them in the Legislature by making their choice. Voters have an absolute right to know where candidates stand on the current trend of letting violent convicted felons out on parole.
In the last two years, New York’s citizens have watched while the NYS Legislature has amended its criminal justice system to allow those convicted of killing law enforcement officers, rapists, and deranged murders out on parole. Cashless bail has become the norm and so has the most egregious discovery reform that endangers innocent victims again after the alleged crime has occurred. New Yorkers must know where all legislative candidates stand on protecting victims and keeping convicted violent felons in prison.
