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The party has turned to a moderate veteran, Tom Suozzi, to restore its tarnished brand. But the migrant influx reaching New York has complicated his task.

Just two months ago, George Santos’s expulsion from the House looked like everything Democrats could have asked for. It gave them an open Republican seat in a winnable New York district, with an electorate still reeling from the congressman’s spectacular unraveling.

The party even had a name-brand candidate, Tom Suozzi, who had won the seat easily three times before.

But with less than a week to go before the Feb. 13 special House election, a wave of suburban discontent fueled by the crush of migrants arriving at the southern border and in New York City has helped transform a potential Democratic pickup into a statistical dead heat.

“If I run my campaign and just say, ‘I’m Tom Suozzi, I’m a Democrat and my opponent is a Republican,’ I’ll lose this race,” Mr. Suozzi told union carpenters on Saturday at a rally on Long Island. “People are upset Democrats haven’t been tough enough on things like the border.”

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

a wave of suburban discontent fueled by the crush of migrants arriving at the southern border and in New York City

You live in the suburbs in a state nearly as far from the southern border as possible, wtf do you care about some migrants in a city of 8.8M?

Oh, just it's just racism isn't it?

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Partially, probably even mostly. The connection though is through the busses of asylum seekers being sent there. It’s starting to cause problems for those in those localities. Colorado just defunded multiple community services in order to finance the continuing arrival of asylum seekers. This was the point, to scratch the liberals, because when you do, a fascist bleeds.