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# Live On The Ground In NY-17: Libs MELT DOWN Over Lawler McDonald's Appearance
- URL: https://thecrimsonhub.com/live-on-the-ground-in-ny-17-libs-melt-down-over-lawler-mcdonalds-appearance/
- Published: 2026-10-29T18:51:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-29T18:51:58.000Z
- Author: Crimson Staff

With days left until Election Day, New York liberals are melting down over a last-minute campaign appearance put in by imperiled Republican Rep. Mike Lawler.

In an effort to highlight his successful, almost superhuman efforts to ensure a tax cut for his constituents with regard to SALT (state and local) tax treatment in the One Big, Beautiful Bill, Lawler put in a stint earlier this week at the McDonald's drive-through.

Quipped Lawler, "the extra SALT is in the bag."

> “The extra SALT is in the bag,” Mike Lawler tells a customer at the McDonald’s drive-through in Haverstraw: [pic.twitter.com/GYNDVltjIk](https://t.co/GYNDVltjIk?ref=thecrimsonhub.com)
> 
> — Timmy Facciola (@TimmyFacciola\_) [October 26, 2026](https://x.com/TimmyFacciola%5F/status/2114755584687841586?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=thecrimsonhub.com)

You can check out all the highlights here:

> Traded my suit for an apron and joined the crew at McDonald’s in Haverstraw.  
>  
> It was great to spend the day alongside the team, working the drive-thru and getting a firsthand look at the hard work that goes into keeping things running.  
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> Did you know 1 in 8 Americans have worked… [pic.twitter.com/ONIktdKF7L](https://t.co/ONIktdKF7L?ref=thecrimsonhub.com)
> 
> — Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) [October 27, 2026](https://x.com/lawler4ny/status/2115055522063724870?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=thecrimsonhub.com)

But if you thought the Lawler McDonald's gig drove a message, was cute, funny, or just good social content, well... it turns out you're not a lib.

As soon as Lawler's stint at McDonald's began, so did the head-exploding conniption fits from roving gangs of online lefties eager to take out Lawler– one of the most in-jeopardy Republicans who thus far has run a much better race making him appear safer than the majority of his colleagues who are also in "toss-up" territory.

Mega-underwhelming-NY-Gov. Kathy Hochul's press team weighed in [referring](https://x.com/NYGovPress/status/2114774177391743004?ref=thecrimsonhub.com) to Lawler as a "kid get\[ting\] into the Halloween spirit."

NYC DSA blogger and Zohran Mamdani fanboy Michael Lange got in on the action, suggesting the appearance was an automatic failure because one of Lawler's customers pointed out that the wrong order bag had been passed along. SICK BURN, BRUH!!!

> Mike Lawler working the drive through at the McDonalds in Haverstraw — albeit with some growing pains.  
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> “That’s not what I ordered,” said his second customer. [pic.twitter.com/mCHSLlZdZo](https://t.co/mCHSLlZdZo?ref=thecrimsonhub.com)
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> — Michael Lange (@MichaelLangeNYC) [October 26, 2026](https://x.com/MichaelLangeNYC/status/2114777413578354852?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=thecrimsonhub.com)

Ultra lib Molly Jong-Fast, she with the husband who has had approximately 20,000 COV-19 vaccines, [compared](https://x.com/MollyJongFast/status/2114828973419204865?ref=thecrimsonhub.com) the appearance to an episode of Veep.

Meanwhile, lib veteran Paul Rieckhoff– remember him from 2006 and 2008, when he was on every MSNBC segment under the Sun boosting Dems as they sought to retake Congress and the White House– was especially triggered by Lawler's McDonald's gig, melting down about it not just on [X](https://x.com/PaulRieckhoff/status/2114788521063964902?ref=thecrimsonhub.com) (in a post that felt fully scripted by [Borat](https://tenor.com/search/borat-not-gifs?ref=thecrimsonhub.com)), but even on [CNN's Erin Burnett Out Front](https://youtu.be/Yu5wlsxq3pQ?ref=thecrimsonhub.com). Cue the footage:

And the post:

> So authentic. Not.   
>  
> Voters are sick and tired of these bullshit theatrics.   
>  
> And they’ll be everywhere this Halloween week.   
>  
> They don’t want politicians who dress up to fake work at McDonalds.   
>  
> They want politicians who understand what it’s like to be able to only afford… [https://t.co/Io5QjFsI4G](https://t.co/Io5QjFsI4G?ref=thecrimsonhub.com)
> 
> — Paul Rieckhoff🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@PaulRieckhoff) [October 26, 2026](https://x.com/PaulRieckhoff/status/2114788521063964902?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=thecrimsonhub.com)

Meanwhile, ads across the district continue to focus on the issue of Lawler challenger Democrat Cait Conley being a Virginia, not a New York, resident.

How's that for "bullshit theatrics," Paul?