• Goodbye: George Santos

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 13 21:49:25 2024
    NBC News
    Democrat Tom Suozzi wins N.Y. special election to replace George
    Santos

    Fox News
    Dems flip seat as Suozzi wins cruical special congressional election
    in New York

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 14 13:06:55 2024
    House Republicans have a George Santos hangover after losing his seat

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 14 15:29:51 2024
    5 takeaways from Democrats flipping George Santos' House seat in New
    York

    1. Republicans' historically narrow majority got even smaller.

    What gets thinner than a whisker? That's essentially Republicans'
    current majority in the House -- only three seats. You think governing
    has been hard for House Republicans? It just got that much harder.

    2. Republicans continue to struggle in the suburbs.

    .....The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that almost
    two-thirds of suburban voters have an unfavorable opinion of Trump
    and, in a head-to-head matchup, Biden leads Trump by 16 points with
    suburban voters.

    3. Democrats showed they can defend themselves on immigration.

    ...Democrats showed they can defend themselves on this issue

    4. Abortion rights continue to be something Democrats will run on --
    with good reason.

    5. Candidates -- and money -- do matter.

    Money, paired with the right candidates, is usually a recipe for
    success in politics.

    https://www.npr.org/2024/02/14/1231301104/new-york-special-election-results-santos-suozzi-pilip

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