SYRACUSE, N.Y.—President Donald Trump continued his nationwide campaign tour with a rally to support Republican candidates running for office in New York.
“This is not the state that I remember 10 years ago when I went to Washington, D.C., to be your president,” Trump said during an address Friday to several thousand supporters in the Oncenter Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center.
The president urged voters to support Republican Bruce Blakeman in his race against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul during the midterm elections on Nov. 3.
“Everything he touches turns to gold,” Trump said of Blakeman, noting that his administration is prepared to assist if the Republican wins and calls the White House for help securing New York City.
“You’ll go from a high-crime city to almost no crime at all.”
Blakeman challenged high energy prices in New York, about 70 percent higher than the national average, citing misaligned priorities for the predicament.
“When I become governor, that is the end of the green energy scam,” he said during the rally, following up with a promise to end existing policies that classify New York as a “sanctuary state.”
“It’s not a campaign anymore, it’s a fight to save our state for our kids and our grandkids.”
Republican Party leaders criticized Hochul’s leadership, describing her policies as high-tax and pro-crime.
“New Yorkers are sick of it and fired up to welcome President Trump and Republicans like Bruce Blakeman who will fight for all New Yorkers by standing with law enforcement, lowering costs, and bringing back common sense,” Republican National Committee spokesperson Kristen Cianci said in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times.
Republicans have failed to win the state’s governor’s seat in recent decades, last capturing the seat with George Pataki’s 2002 victory.
Republican Lt. Gov. nominee Todd Hood, with more than 30 years of law enforcement training and currently serving as Sheriff of Madison County, said he and Blakeman will prioritize public safety, put more officers on the street, strengthen enforcement, and repeal the state’s cashless bail protocols.
“Bruce Blakeman and I are going to make New York the safest state in the nation,” Hood said. “We are going to take New York State back next month.”
Recent polling shows Hochul with a lead of at least 10 points.
Support for Blakeman is stronger in central and upstate New York, with Hochul leading the city centers.
Republican congressional nominee Kailee Buller, running against Rep. John Mannion (D-N.Y.), riled up the crowd with her speech.
“This is one of the few seats in the country that could flip and save the House of Representatives,” Buller said.
Polling data shows Mannion with a commanding lead as of Oct. 8.
Special guest Mike Tyson surprised the crowd when he took the stage to support the party.
“I’m just happy to be here with my president, President Trump, and there’s no way in the world I would ever be here if it wasn’t for a president like Donald Trump,” Tyson said.
President Donald Trump listens as former professional boxer Mike Tyson (R) speaks on stage during an election rally at the Oncenter in Syracuse, N.Y., on Oct. 9, 2026. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
“You know, they’re all paid protesters,” Trump said. “They’re all paid by the radical left scum.”
The stop marks the president’s first public appearance in Syracuse since 2016, when he spoke in the same building.
Trump listed stock market record highs, heightened border security, lower taxes, and higher incomes for Americans as evidence his party’s platform is working to benefit the country.
In his remarks, Trump also highlighted Micron’s $250 billion semiconductor plant in Clay, near Syracuse.
The president is on a 32-day campaign tour stumping for party candidates across the nation. He previously spoke in Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Nebraska, with more stops planned for Tennessee, Ohio, and Alaska, among many others yet to be announced.
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