Registered yes, but she ran for and won a seat in the Nassau County legislature as a Republican. But FReepers prefer jumping to conclusions over spending a few minutes educating themselves, so go on ahead with the blathering.
The real problem is that she’s got an uphill battle against Suozzi, a RINO of McCainian proportions:
“There’s one unusual thing in her political history. Though Pilip has been a consistent voice for Republican issues and causes in recent years, Politico reported that she has been officially enrolled as a member of the Democratic Party since 2012, per Board of Elections records. (She did run on the Republican ballot line in both her 2021 and 2023 races.)
She will be facing a formidable candidate in Suozzi. The former three-term congressman has a reputation as a prolific fundraiser and is well known in the district. Suozzi declined to seek reelection in 2021 to challenge Kathy Hochul as she sought her first full term as governor. He came in third, and his congressional seat was won by Santos, whom Suozzi previously bested during a prior 2020 bid.
“People are sick and tired of the circus in Congress. Tom Suozzi has a proven record that he will work every day to try and bring common sense back to Washington by working across party lines, like he’s always done,” Suozzi campaign adviser Kim Devlin said in a statement.”
It may be the only way. Look at how NM Governor ran and won as a Republican-Susan Martinez. Fetterman is going wobbly-I’d fish in those troubled waters and recruit Conor Lamb after Pelosi treated him like a subject.
"Mike Deery, a spokesman for the Nassau GOP, said Pilip had other stops and appointments and could not answer questions from the news media.
Instead, Nassau Republican Chairman Joseph Cairo took questions from reporters. Asked about Pilip's positions on abortion rights, Cairo deflected. “You'd have to speak to her,” he told Newsday. "Asked whether she'd change her registration to Republican, Cairo noted that former President Ronald Reagan once was a Democrat. “It's irrelevant. Who cares?” Cairo said. “She's the best person for the job.”
Irrelevant.
“Registered yes, but she ran for and won a seat in the Nassau County legislature as a Republican. But FReepers prefer jumping to conclusions over spending a few minutes educating themselves, so go on ahead with the blathering.”
Jumping to conclusions and mindless blathering are all too common on FR these days. I do yearn for the days of old when nitwittery was not the coin of the realm here. We used to get elucidation...
You just described the ignorance and zip intellectual curiosity and disdain for nuance of 80-90% of whom post here in 2023
Exactly. She is now a Republican.