In a Library of Congress interview, Blake Gendebien exposed his contempt for the very upstate and North Country workers he now wants to represent. He smeared local workers as unreliable drunks with domestic abuse, wage garnishment, custody, child-support, and court problems, saying it was “hard to find one local person” without issues and that three Hispanic employees would have to be replaced by six locals. He admitted he was “not obligated to E-Verify” his workers, discussed bailing one out from Border Patrol for $10,000, and even mocked corrections officers as lacking “self-worth” in their jobs.
"... have domestic abuse problems, alcohol problems... custody battles and child support battles... they show up late, they drank too much."
"three Hispanic employees, they would need to be replaced by probably six local people."
"A thing that the local kids around here don’t have. They don’t have a practical independence and ability to think."
"As far as I know, these guys are legal... I am not obligated to check, I am not obligated to E-Verify."
"I bailed Carlos out for $10,000"
"We hire a corrections officer... they don’t have much self-worth in their jobs as correction officers, so they will work extra time."
Blake Gendebien is controlled by extremist donors, far-left handlers who elected Mamdani, and control everything he says.
Gendebien can't even speak for himself. He's entirely managed by his handlers, letting out-of-state consultants hijack his own live interviews.
Even on the night he won the primary, handlers forced him to read a pre-written, consultant-approved script.
Blake Gendebien doesn't answer to the working class of Upstate and the North Country. Per public records, roughly $1.9 million — about 78–81% — of his federally reported donations come from outside NY-21. His campaign is an astroturfed operation funded by elites.
$326K from Manhattan alone (more than any region of the district). Big money also flows from Brooklyn ($50K) and wealthy Westchester enclaves.
Per public records, Blake Gendebien's campaign runs on the exact same D.C. consultant network behind Graham Platner—the scandal-plagued Democrat facing credible rape allegations and scrutiny over a Nazi SS tattoo.
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Per public records, the exact same compliance firm Gendebien relies on, Spruce Street Compliance, is the treasurer and consultant for radical socialist Zohran Mamdani.
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Mamdani's mayoral campaign, overseen by the same team Blake relies on, took in $13,000 in illegal foreign donations from over 170 contributions outside the US.
When Blake's campaign needed a boost, who did he call? Jamie Raskin—a crazy, obsessed Trump hater who tried to impeach him and wants to impeach him now.
This lunatic came to the North Country to prop up Gendebien's campaign and argue for far-left insanity.
Read: Raskin Visits NY-21 (Politico)Despite declaring assets worth between $5.3 million and $25.7 million on his federal financial disclosure report, per public records, Blake Gendebien took a $144,100 government PPP loan during the pandemic and had every single penny completely forgiven at taxpayer expense.
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Gendebien criticizes tough-on-China trade policies. He believes the U.S.-China relationship "the most important bilateral relationship in the world."
Per public records, Gendebien heavily funded Tedra Cobb, candidate of the socialist-aligned Working Families Party, in her campaigns against Elise Stefanik.
Publicly cheered the Biden administration's Agriculture Secretary as "one of the best advocates for rural Americans in my lifetime."
Endorsed the $1 Trillion Inflation Reduction Act and advocates for radical "B Corp" ESG sustainability requirements for farms.
Maintains close ties with radical NY Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to push left-wing policies.