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I, a full-time gamer, was able to see and hear what ICE was up to. A representative whose job and connections should allow them to be fully informed, has little excuse for not understanding what they voted for.
If you are being honest Suozzi, that means you stink at your job. Give it to someone who doesn't suck. 🤦
Ugh. This DINO is talking out of both sides of his mouth. Let me explain.
So, Democratic voters have some spine when it comes to the integrity of their representatives. There, an apology is the bare minimum one can do to acknowledge a bad decision or take on something. In past years, that might have actually worked, but I think things are changing.
Meanwhile the Republicans have demonstrated that acting in accordance with party values - hierarchy, racism, brute force - is all that matters. Say whatever you want and lie your pants off since "the Democrats are probably cheating just as bad, and we're the chosen people to lead anyway." Being this duplicitous is a-okay on team R.
So what we have is someone that is trying to keep his seat cozy, both through lip-service to the left and voting like a right-winger at the same time.
Fuck off! Hope he gets voted out.
Unless his plan is to commit Seppuku, he can fuck the fuck off.
A bit late, innit?
Just another politician doing the wrong thing and then acting like they didn’t understand it later. Because there aren't any consequences.
Still "vote blue no matter who"? Why not primary instead?
Both things can be the reasonable response.
You don’t get to say you messed up. You had more than enough evidence to see what ICE was doing and you still voted yes.
Suozzi NY-03 Apologized, regrets vote
Henry Cuellar TX-28 pardoned for bribery by trump
Don Davis NC-01 no primary, no challenger
Laura Gillen NY-04 primary challengers https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/laura_gillen/457010 https://ballotpedia.org/Nicholas_Sciretta
Jared Golden ME-02 not running for re-election
Vincente Gonzalez TX-34 primary challengers https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/vicente_gonzalez/412725 https://ballotpedia.org/Etienne_Rosas
Sorry this is bad paste from my spreadsheet, and doesn't include the links.
But only two of these even have primary challengers.
Honestly that's awesome man!
Yeah shame only two have challengers but I'll take a look and donate if they seem like decent blokes.
This is the same guy who said Mamdani and AOC should leave the party, blamed trans people for Harris's loss, and who endorsed Cuomo rather than the Democratic nominee in the NYC mayoral election. I'm sure he's learned his lesson and will do better the next time.
Then quit so we can get a human in that position.
The real failures are the people that voted for him.
Resign, failure.
No you succeeded you fuck, nobody’s buying this bullshit anymore. You’re a fucking collaborator.
"Oh, no, I failed....
...anyways. "
He failed at not getting outted. He's only sorry cause his name is now on a list of Dems to replace.
"I'm so sorry I'm being held accountable"😭
Admitting and apologizing is a mild start, but accepting accountability by resigning is what real accountability and remorse would look like for an American politician.
An honorable Seppuku would also be acceptable and bring back some semblance of honor, as is tradition. We'll need someone skilled to volunteer to be his second on that.
for such dishonor, he gets no second
AFTER lmao just as planned boys
Resign.
"I'm sorry I firebombed a school-" no you're sorry you got caught. What, did he push the wrong button on the vote???
Get fucked Tom Suozzi. You're on the list of collaborators.
Didn't ICE already killed a bunch of people before the Minnesota ones?
According to this Guardian article, 25 people died in ICE custody in 2025. 7 people died in December alone. Was he not aware of these deaths when he voted to give them more money? What a fucking monster.
"oopsie doodles. Was I not supposed to do that? My bad."
Fucking Jar Jar Binks
Seems to be the general consensus for every single fucking thing we try to do to oppose this regime... one way or another, key morons that were told over and fucking over that a particular item would be a major issue, they cross the god damn aisle and only then regret it after it's too late. They just keep giving this regime the power and strength it needs to deem them obsolete. They just put the damn gun to their own heads and plant a bomb in the way out to take us all with them.
Because it's all performative. It's just lip service. Tom Suozzi and these others don't give a shit, they just want to remain in power. I despise the DNC almost as much as the RNC and MAGA.
The down voters need to wake up. Just because the DNC was the lesser of two evils, doesn’t mean that they haven’t been a deliberate stumbling block too.
The United States is no longer a country of two parties; it’s a country of no parties at all. 😒
I don't have enough middle fingers for this asshole.
Yeah put that name on the prosecute list
What a yutz. His constituents deserve better.
The real failure is your inability to see that coming.
Are there any politicians or military members who might side with the revolutionaries?
Get this fuck out of politics.
Just coworkers
Again, trump said he loved what ICE was doing and no republicans are stopping any of this. Do not believe this guy or trump "upset" that any of this happened. He's just trying to make the bad PR go away. Same with this shitty dem.
Suozzi, a moderate who co-chairs the House Problem Solvers Caucus, initially said last week he opposed shutting down the government because ICE would nonetheless continue to function due to an infusion of billions of dollars to the agency from President Donald Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill. He also noted shutting down DHS would affect other agencies, like FEMA and the Coast Guard.
He's got a point, BBB gave ICE 75 billion they can spend however they like in the next decade. They can operate off that for years at current spending levels.
And to Souzzi's credit, he voted against the BBB.
Not passing a budget isn't enough, we need to claw that 75 billion back.
Or, hear me out, stop negotiating with terrorists.
How do you propose we get 75 billion back that Suozzi voted against giving in the first place then?
And why do you think defending the few parts of the government that still works would have any effect on the bad parts that are already funded?
Like, I get your intent and I agree with it. But for fucks sake we need actual plausible plans that have a chance to work and aren't guaranteed to cause even more damage if implemented.
It's perfectly normal to be pissed, but it doesn't help anyone if we stop thinking logically. We can be pissed and still act logically, even I manage it most of time.
How do you propose we get 75 billion back that Suozzi voted against giving in the first place then?
We don't. It's gone.
Asking fascists nicely to stop putting jackboots on necks, pretty please, doesn't work. Making deals with them doesn't work; they will always violate the terms of any deal.
They have to be made to stop.
They have to be made to stop.
By defunding them...
Like, I understand you're trying to agree with me, but you clearly just don't understand this
Im not, and it's too late for defunding. They already have all the resources they need.
Fuck off. This is an example of you knew what you were doing and were hoping to not get caught.
Get primaried, you PoS
He's completely out of touch. I do buy his justification, but that still makes him responsible. He has an amount of power, however small, that none of us do to at least curtail some of what is happening. Failure to use that is support of fascism. He needs to go since he doesn't understand that.
These politicians don't really have good hindsight, do they? They just do shit, then after the fact, turn around and go apologizing.
He's apologizing because the scale of the protests is giving them cold feet that they could be subject to consequences, but make no mistake... The moment things let up or cool off, the conscience they've found will immediately evaporate.