🚨 PARTISAN PAWN: Josh Riley is conveniently changing his tune

A new report rails Josh Riley for hypocritically changing his tune on government shutdowns.

Riley voted to shut the government down, but in the past, Riley admitted that shutdowns leave “seniors without benefits, kids without care, and workers without pay.”

“His own words are loud and clear: A government shut down hurts the very people Josh Riley purports to serve. He knows it full well, but he voted for a shutdown anyways. Riley is a liar and a disgrace to New York.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole

Read the full story here or excerpts below:

Democrats accused of hypocrisy over ‘hostage-taking,’ ‘ransom’ rhetoric in past shutdown fights

New York Post

Ryan King

September 29, 2025

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers’ attacks on Republicans during past government shutdown fights have resurfaced now that liberals are the ones making demands in order to keep the lights on.

In a role reversal from past partial shutdowns this century, the GOP is trying to force through temporary legislation funding the government at current levels — known in Washington as a “clean” continuing resolution — while Democrats are holding out for concessions.

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Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) inked an op-ed in The Post last week raking Dems over the coals for the contrast between their past and present talking points.

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Groups like the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), the official House GOP campaign arm, are seeking to use potentially vulnerable Democrats’ past remarks against them with the midterm elections just over one year away.

“Two-Faced Tom Suozzi, Lying Laura Gillen, and Fake Moderate Josh Riley gambled away the safety and well-being of the very people that trusted them with their vote, and they know it,” NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole told The Post.

“Even for these out-of-touch Democrats, this is a new low, and New Yorkers won’t send them back to Congress because of it.”

The NRCC flagged past examples of Long Island Rep. Suozzi blasting Trump in early 2019 for “holding all these people’s lives hostage because he’s trying to negotiate a deal for an issue he wants.”

It also resurfaced quotes by upstate Rep. Josh Riley (D-NY) warning last year that a shutdown would leave “seniors without benefits, kids without care, and workers without pay” and Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY) knocking the GOP for a “circus and brinksmanship put millions at risk.”

An estimated 20,000 federal workers in Gillen’s, Riley’s and Suozzi’s districts combined could lose pay if the government shutters.