Paladino endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election and was the New York co-chair of Trump 's campaign . Paladino aggressively pushed and threatened Republicans in New York 's delegation to Congress and the State Legislature to support Trump , writing in an open letter : " This is our last request that you join ' Trump for President ' and try to preserve what 's left of your pathetic careers in government . " He also threatened delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention if they did not vote for Trump as pledged : " I do n't trust our entire delegation ( ... ) I 'd certainly whack them if they went off the reservation . " In July 2016 , Paladino used Twitter to say that Attorney General Loretta Lynch should be lynched , then deleted his tweet . An aide said he had sent it in error . He threatened delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention if they did not vote for Trump as pledged : " I do n't trust our entire delegation ( ... ) I 'd certainly whack them if they went off the reservation . " In August 2016 , Paladino falsely claimed in an interview with the '' New York Observer '' that President Barack Obama was a secret Muslim , repeating a debunked conspiracy theory . His remarks were widely condemned
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention
Carl Paladino