(Long Island, NY) Chapin Fay, Campaign Manager for Senator Lee Zeldin’s Congressional campaign in New York’s First Congressional District, released the following statement following George Demos’ most recent dishonest attack:
“George Demos needs to stop misleading voters. His latest press release is riddled with lies just like everything else that comes out of his negative campaign. For example, Demos claims, ‘if Zeldin and a majority of the State Senate colleagues had rejected the funds, the New York State Obamacare exchange could not have been created.’ This is 100 percent untrue – Demos must be competing for 2014’s lie of the year. Demos is not entitled to his own facts and First Congressional District Voters will reject his dishonest campaigning, yet again.”
Here are 5 important facts to set the record straight:
- Obamacare is a federal law that started nationally in ALL 50 states on October 1, 2013. Congress Passed it. The President Signed it. The Supreme Court Upheld it.
- Only the U.S. Congress can repeal or stop Obamacare, not the NYS Senate. No state legislature could have prevented the Obamacare insurance exchanges from going into effect in any state on October 1, 2013. The implementation of Obamacare was a direct result of votes cast by our federal representatives- many of whom still erroneously stand by their decision.
- The State Exchange in New York was created by Governor Cuomo through Executive Order in April 2012 (Executive Order #42) and is 100% federally funded.
- The 2013-2014 state budget accounted for this money, as part of approximately $48 billion in total federal funding included in the budget. New York State receives billions of dollars in federal funds annually, such as Medicaid, for example, as per federal law. Despite any untrue claims to the contrary, whether Senator Zeldin voted Yes or No, and whether this budget bill passed or failed, Obamacare would still have been implemented in New York and nationally on October 1st, 2013.
- Senator Lee Zeldin has never, and will never, support Obamacare.
“Integrity is a 4 letter word to George Demos. He is running against a man of honor and integrity who lives the 7 Army Values each and every day of his life: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. George needs to take a long hard look in the mirror and decide if he really wants to continue down this path, or if he wants to start conducting himself with some integrity. In the meantime, it would be great if he would stop putting words into Senator Zeldin’s mouth. There will be debates and unfortunately for George, the subject matter is going to be much more substantive than his half-cocked lie of the day.”
To learn more about Senator Zeldin and his campaign for Congress, please visit www.zeldinforcongress.com.
