REPORT: Laura Gillen Loves Spending Long Islanders’ Tax Dollars on Woke Pet Projects
A new report exposes that out of touch Democrat Laura Gillen has spent her tenure in Congress voting to waste Long Islanders’ hard-earned tax dollars on everything from climate activism across the globe to drag shows at military facilities.
And don’t forget, while Gillen has voted for wasteful spending, she’s also repeatedly voted against tax cuts and taken credit for critical funding for Long Island that she tried to block.
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Republicans Make Play For House Seat Democrats Can’t Afford To Lose
Daily Wire
Leif Le Mahieu
August 14, 2026
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Gillen, who won New York’s 4th Congressional District by ousting incumbent Republican Rep. Anthony D’Esposito by about 8,000 votes in 2024, has voted with her party to force the Department of War to use taxpayer dollars for transgender surgeries and wants to keep Haitian nationals from being deported.
“Out-of-touch radical Laura Gillen has repeatedly fought to send Long Islanders’ tax dollars down the drain,” National Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole told The Daily Wire. “Her record of pushing woke pet projects won’t fly in this district, and voters will send her packing in November because of it.”
Midterm elections historically favor the party out of the White House, and President Donald Trump is broadly unpopular in New York, but Republicans believe local trends may favor them in Gillen’s district. The district favored President Joe Biden by 15 points in 2020 but only went for Vice President Kamala Harris by one point in 2024. Last year, Republicans won all the top positions in Nassau County, where Gillen’s district is centered.
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Gillen voted against an amendment to keep the military’s TRICARE health coverage from being used to fund transgender procedures on gender-confused members. Additionally, she opposed $9 billion in foreign aid cuts to programs pushing LGBT and climate activism around the globe.
The New York Democrat is a member of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which backs a bill pushing federal funding for transgender procedures and opposes efforts to keep drag shows off of military facilities.
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In recent years, Republicans have performed well in the district. Long Beach, a city of about 35,000, elected all Republicans to the city council in November 2025 for the first time in over half a century. Republican Bruce Blakeman coasted to re-election as Nassau County Executive in 2025 by over 10 points. Now running for governor, one recent poll showed Blakeman down just 10 points to Hochul, who once led by 20 points.
The same poll showed Republicans with a 49% to 44% lead over Democrats on the generic Congressional ballot in the suburbs.
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