PEARL RIVER, NY – Rep. Mike Lawler endorsed fellow Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik , his one-time potential primary rival, in the New York governor’s race Monday, elbowing out Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.

The Hudson Valley rep formally threw his backing behind the prominent North Country congresswoman, who is running for the GOP nomination as she aims to take on Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul next year.

“Elise Stefanik doesn’t take s–t from anybody,” Lawler said at an event at the Pearl River Elks Lodge in Rockland County, where he also chairs the GOP committee.

“There’s a reason why Kathy Hochul spends every day attacking Elise Stefanik, because she knows she’s about to get her ass kicked next November,” he said.

“Elise Stefanik is a champion. She is a fighter for her dist

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