Posted on 02/15/2024 2:49:07 PM PST by cotton1706
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Wednesday he was not concerned about his reelection prospects after former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) flipped a Republican-held seat Tuesday in a special election to replace expelled former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.).
Santos and Lawler, who represents New York’s 17th congressional district, were part of a 2022 wave of Republican candidates who defeated Democrats in congressional districts that favored President Biden and that were represented by Democrats in Congress.
Lawler said in an interview on CNN’s “The Source” with Kaitlan Collins, however, he did not think Suozzi’s victory had any broader implications on his race in November.
“Tom Suozzi ran a good campaign. He ran to the right, and he’s somebody who has presented himself as a centrist over the course of his 30 years,” Lawler said.
“So I’m not concerned about how this plays out in districts like mine,” he added, noting “any number of polls shows me doing very well, and my favorability is 29 points higher in my district than the generic Republican.”
Lawler underscored the distinct nature of the race for Santos’s seat — Suozzi represented the district before he decided not to run for reelection, instead opting to launch a failed primary challenge against Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Lawler also stressed Suozzi ran on immigration, an issue traditionally seen as stronger for Republicans.
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He just helped the Democrats take a House seat.
And he'd be more than happy if the Democrats take his.
And the Democrats would be more than happy to take it.
Friggin idiot!
That the stupid party we’re dealing with!
Whistling past the graveyard. My issue is the ‘real conservatives’ such a Gallager and that Tom Smothers look-alike in Calif. McClintock.
Who to blame.
The corrupt Republican politician or the apathetic Republican voters?
Republicans have to do more than put in a DEI candidate. Someone whose DNA has blood drawn from he fields of slavery, or some descendant from the Battle of Gettysburg. Someone who was raise PROUD to be an American.
You are correct sir, unfortunately.
*That* is what you got out of his comments?
“*That* is what you got out of his comments?”
Yes. That’s the undercurrent.
This was posted recently:
“Pilip, a 47-year-old Nassau County legislator — and a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican line — earned 46.1% of the votes behind Suozzi’s 53.8% with 93% of ballots tallied Tuesday night.”
Lawler is a douche.
He’ll be very lucky to not be primaried as he will not be reelected.
How the hell did a freak like Santos ever get elected in the first place?
THE DEMOCRAT WAS AN OLD GUEEN HACK DEMOCRAT!
A major electoral problem for Republicans is that we have a poor ground game. The Democrats for as long as I can remember have out-hustled us. They have social clubs and churches organized and arrange to get everyone to the polls or receive an absentee ballot. We, at least in the several places I have lived, don’t get it done.
Much of that failure I lay upon the RNC. They should have a strong network of worker-bees organizing the states and communities. But they seem to think they are tasked only with raising money. The tough work goes undone.
NY may let a few RINO’s get elected in order the make things look good. But the day for conservative republicans in NY are probably at an end. The left controls the ballot box now. Massive vote fraud is a piece of cake in NY now.
The district likely felt obliged to vote Rat.
Too many Republicans are afflicted with political Stockholm Syndrome.
Why would they be?
““Pilip, a 47-year-old Nassau County legislator — and a registered Democrat who ran on the Republican line...”
The establishment GOP recruited Mazi Pilip and gave the voters a choice..vote for the Democrat or vote for the RINO.
Voting for the ‘Lesser of Two Evils’ isn’t much of a motivator.
They are redrawing the districts in NY again. And they are messing most with Republican Brandon Williams trying to make it harder for him to win.
Only Biggs, Buck, Burchett, Crane, Gaetz, Good, Mace and Rosendale voted to get rid of McCarthy.
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