Letitia James ‘wreaking havoc’ on New York in ways voters may not even realize, GOP challenger says
In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Michael Henry, the Republican candidate for New York Attorney General, articulated his vision for the state and why he believes incumbent Democrat Letitia James should be replaced. Henry’s campaign centers around two primary concerns voiced by New Yorkers: rising crime rates and the escalating cost of living. He contends that many of the regulatory policies impacting affordability fall under the purview of the Attorney General’s office, and he argues that James’s leadership has hindered economic growth. “It’s really put a hamper on economic growth in the State of New York,” Henry stated, emphasizing the need for a shift in leadership to address these pressing issues.
Henry, who previously ran against James in 2020 and garnered an impressive 45% of the vote, is particularly critical of what he describes as James’s “far-left agenda” that has detrimental effects on energy costs and the state’s economy. He pointed out that while neighboring Pennsylvania is leveraging its energy resources, New Yorkers are left with untapped energy potential beneath their feet. “The 100 years worth of energy under our feet in the southern tier of New York State… would not only revive the economy, but the people in places like Manhattan would see probably about a 60% cost of energy go down,” he argued. Henry’s campaign also highlights the plight of upstate New Yorkers, many of whom have faced job losses due to policies that he believes have targeted essential industries like agriculture and corrections. He claims that James’s actions have exacerbated a statewide drug crisis and have led to significant job losses, particularly affecting families relying on stable incomes.
Moreover, Henry criticized James for her alleged lack of cooperation with local law enforcement, particularly in Republican areas, contributing to a growing discontent among voters regarding public safety. He described her focus as being misaligned with the needs of everyday New Yorkers, stating, “She wakes up every day focused on three things: targeting the president of the United States, weaponizing her office against political opponents, and ignoring the issues that matter most to hardworking families.” As James faces legal challenges of her own, including allegations of mortgage fraud, Henry believes that accountability is crucial and positions himself as an outsider who is unafraid to challenge the status quo. His campaign aims to resonate with voters who feel neglected and seeks to bring a new perspective to the Attorney General’s office that prioritizes the needs of the people over political agendas.
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Fox News Digital sat down with
New York
Republican attorney general candidate Michael Henry, who made his case on why the Democrat currently holding that office,
Letitia James
, needs to go and why his campaign has the message to do that.
“Two things,” Henry told Fox News Digital when asked what voters in New York tell him they are most concerned about. “Crime and affordability.”
Henry explained that New Yorkers are “fed up” with the cost of living in the state and may not realize that many of the regulatory policies that affect affordability are handled by the attorney general’s office.
“It’s really put a hamper on economic growth in the State of New York, how her and her bureau chiefs, deputy bureau chief, and the attorneys in the office, who all serve under the discretion of the attorney general, have really crippled the New York State economy,” Henry said.
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Henry expressed concern specifically about energy costs and what he called a “far-left agenda” that James has been implementing.
“We see a Democrat governor in
Josh Shapiro
, who’s encouraging New York energy companies to work in Pennsylvania right across the line, where you could literally throw a rock and hit a truck on the Pennsylvania border. But then the 100 years worth of energy under our feet in the southern tier of New York State, which would not only revive the economy, but the people in places like Manhattan would see probably about a 60% cost of energy go down,” Henry said.
“And Letitia James has been wreaking havoc on the daily lives of New Yorkers, and in many instances they just don’t even realize it, and this is something I’ve been trying to shine a light on, letting them know how much damage she’s doing to them and their ability to just be able to afford to live here.”
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Henry ran unsuccessfully against James in 2020, but his 45% of the vote was one of the best showings for a Republican in the state in decades.
Henry told Fox News Digital he lives a comfortable life as an attorney and didn’t plan on running again, but when he looked around and surveyed the situation, he felt compelled to do so.
“You travel to upstate New York, you see these wind fans that don’t work, you see solar panels that break in the winter, yet we’re not allowed to use all options when it comes to energy development,” Henry said.
“Three thousand correctional officers, which is a huge employer in upstate New York, were fired by Letitia James and Kathy Hochul, three thousand families that relied on that income to take care of things like tuition or put food on the table, and they were blocked from going into other civil servant employment. You just see the war on agriculture, war on dairy farmers. There’s a 62-county drug crisis that’s been exacerbated, and if you had told me in 2022, all these issues would have happened or been this bad, I never would have believed you.”
Ultimately, Henry believes that New Yorkers need an “outsider” candidate who has “no fear of Letitia James at all.”
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Henry explained, “Look, let’s be honest, she wakes up every day focused on three things: targeting the president of the United States, weaponizing her office against political opponents, and ignoring the issues that matter most to hardworking families,” Henry said. “And she’s forgotten that the New York state attorney general is the people’s lawyer, and it’s not the enforcer for the Democrat National Committee.”
On the crime front, Henry hit James for “not cooperating with local law enforcement,” particularly sheriffs in Republican areas, and said New Yorkers are “fed up” on the crime issue.
James will be in court Friday morning after being charged with mortgage fraud, which she has dismissed as political, but Henry pushed back on that narrative.
“People have seen her awkwardly stumble through these press conferences off the cuff, and now we’ve seen her ethical issues, where apparently she’s not only multiple times signed documents saying she’s married to her father, she doesn’t even know what state she lives in, apparently.”
“And Letitia James can’t have it both ways. She can’t say I’ve been trained by the best and then have these discrepancies on numerous occasions in her mortgage applications. It’s either that she knew what she was doing or she lacks the basic reading comprehension skills of a middle schooner, because I could walk into a middle school and put a mortgage application on any child’s desk, and they would say to me, I’m not married to my daddy,” Henry added. “So she cannot have it both ways, and she’s going to be held accountable this time, and we’re seeing it on a daily basis.”
Eric
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