Mike LiPetri
Nationalist
Republican
N/A
New York
Current Position: Former State Assemblyman NY-9
Running For: House Representative - District 3
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For extending and expanding Trump tax cuts, including lifting the SALT tax cap, eliminating taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security
Business & Labor
- For a unified federal crypto regulatory framework to protect blockchain and digital asset innovation from bureaucratic overreach
Health Care
- For patient-centered healthcare reform emphasizing individual choice, price transparency, and portable coverage; against insurance company and government bureaucrat control of healthcare
- Against Governor Cuomo's nursing home COVID-19 policy; called for the firing of NY Health Commissioner Howard Zucker and demanded a federal investigation into the policy
Environment
- For water quality protections; sponsored and supported bills banning 1,4-dioxane in products, co-chaired a statewide Water Quality Taskforce, and supported legislation allowing public water suppliers to sue polluters
Civil Rights
- Against transgender women competing in female sports or using female locker rooms and bathrooms
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For stricter immigration enforcement; supports continued deportation of undocumented criminals and requires all immigrants to enter legally; participated in a ride-along with ICE officers
- For standing with Israel; opposes BDS (boycott, divest, sanction) movements against Israel; supports strong military response against Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran
Public Safety
- For maintaining and expanding law enforcement funding; opposed 'defund the police' movement and claims to have been the #1 supporter of law enforcement as a state legislator; introduced bill to make it a felony to assault a police officer with water or any liquid
- Against bail reform; criticized New York's bail reform law that eliminates cash bail for certain misdemeanors and allows release without bail for nonviolent crimes