Democrat Tom Suozzi has won the New York special election to the U.S. House, according to an AP race call. Suozzi will serve out the remainder of the term for former GOP Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House last year.
This is the exact reason repubs were so hesitant to sanction Santos for so long. The shit had to become totally egregious before they took action because their majority was so slim. This is the worst outcome for them.
Had he been a dem, they would have been trying to kick him out from the first negative publication. And MTG would have held up photos of his dick.
This really highlights the difference between the parties, because if Santos had been a Democrat and the same shit had come out about him, Democrats would have been calling for his expulsion before any Republicans would have needed to.
I still maintain that Franken should have stuck around, cause fuck those fascists. They’re not playing by any fair rules so trying to take the high road is useless.
Starting to right the timeline…
I certainly hope so. He seems to have won by a huge margin, too.
Let’s get everything back into the hands of normal Americans.
IIRC, this is the district with suburban republicans that went ~+10 for Biden in 2020, then elected fucking Santos in ‘22. The pendulum has swung back to democrats and by a wide margin.
It’s also a very Jewish district. A lot of pro-Israeli Jews are concerned about the “left wing” of the Democratic party not supporting Israel’s genocide, and the Republicans were running an incredibly pro-Israel candidate. The combination of events made this race a lot closer than it might otherwise have been.
The Republican candidate is literally just an Israeli Defense Force solider.
So yeah, I guess it’s accurate to call her an “incredibly pro-Israel candidate.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazi_Melesa_Pilip
“She is an Ethiopian Jew, and was born in Ethiopia. She immigrated to Israel when she was 12 years old, and later served in the Israel Defense Force’s Paratroopers Brigade as a gunsmith. Pilip studied at the University of Haifa, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy, and also at Tel Aviv University, where she earned a masters degree in diplomacy and security.”
That said, Ethiopian Jews are treated like shit by a lot of my other fellow Jews sadly, so that may have been a part of it. I’m glad she lost, but I do think that was a factor.
So an Ethiopian Jew was running on supporting Israel’s genocide. That’d be ironic if it wasn’t so sad.
ethnonationalism is a disease
His lies were specifically tailored for the district to get him elected there. And apparently NO ONE did any opposition research on him to expose that before he was elected.
One paper did. They were ignored.
This is encouraging, although it should be noted that this is the guy who had the seat previously, but gave it up in an idiotic run for Governor. So everyone in the district knew him.
One bright spot, though, is that his opponent intended to hammer him on the open borders bullshit, and he successfully managed to deflect it. The unofficial Trump policy of sabotaging the border and blaming Democrats for it might not have as much traction as he thinks. (But since Donald Trump is in control of the party and can never be wrong, Republicans can’t pivot away from it )
It’s looking to be Suozzi 56-44 or 57-43 when all is said and done
But does anybody actually believe this electorate would’ve voted for Trump by 5? The polls are clearly underestimating Biden
Bro, 44% for that clown is terrifying.
Is she a clown? I don’t know much about her. Doesn’t matter now that she’s lost I guess.
