Mondaire Jones

Did somebody say tax relief? Fun fact, Westchester and Rockland Counties in New York pay some of the highest property taxes in the entire nation according to Mondaire. This is why he introduced the SALT Deductibility Act, which would remove President Trump’s $10,000 cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction for property taxes. The SALT deduction allows taxpayers of high-tax states to deduct local tax payments on their federal tax returns. Over 45% of the residents used the SALT deduction with an average deduction of $26,243 before the $10,000 cap was put in place. Sounds like some positive legislation for homeowners, we just have one question – more SALT please?

It’s no question that our immigration system is… less than perfect? But sometimes it takes an individual story to really expose the rusty nuts and bolts. Mondaire and his staff jumped into action when they found out that Paul Pierrilus, a constituent, was going to be deported to Haiti – a country he had never been to. Pierrilus was born in the French territory of St. Martin to Haitian parents and immigrated to the US when he was 5. He now works as a financial consultant, but since St. Martin doesn’t have policy for birthright citizenship and he doesn’t have Haitian citizenship, he is essentially stateless. Pierrilus’s sister contacted a cousin who went to high school with Mondaire to ask for his help, and help he did. Pierrilus got ICE’s attention due to drug offenses, but Mondaire was able to save him from deportation since he didn’t have proper papers to arrive in Haiti. The larger question Mondaire left folks with was – “How many others were deported this way?”

“Impeach. Expel. Remove.” was the caption accompanying Mondaire’s statement calling for Trump’s removal by impeachment, resignation or the 25th Amendment. He argued the President must go because he, along with his Republican co-conspirators, directly incited the insurrection against the Capitol. Mondaire also joined fellow Under-45er and Playlist newcomer Cori Bush in co-sponsoring legislation that would investigate and potentially expel fellow congressional leaders who helped incite what they say was an attempted coup. While certainly one of the more vocal new liberals in Congress, Mondaire extended the bipartisan hand to fellow Playlist newcomer Peter Meijer, praising him for his swift condemnation of the events and offering a working relationship.