Tom Suozzi
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People are losing their teeth. And it's like, what happened to my town? What happened to my life? And they're pissed off and they're looking for a savior and they fell for Donald Trump's lying. Joe Biden actually did a lot of great stuff with the Infrastructure Act, with the CHIPS Act, with promoting unions to try and rebuild the middle class.
People are losing their teeth. And it's like, what happened to my town? What happened to my life? And they're pissed off and they're looking for a savior and they fell for Donald Trump's lying. Joe Biden actually did a lot of great stuff with the Infrastructure Act, with the CHIPS Act, with promoting unions to try and rebuild the middle class.
He always said, he's just, unfortunately, President Biden was not the greatest communicator in the world. He always said, we wanna build from the bottom up and from the middle out. That's what we need to do in America.
He always said, he's just, unfortunately, President Biden was not the greatest communicator in the world. He always said, we wanna build from the bottom up and from the middle out. That's what we need to do in America.
He always said, he's just, unfortunately, President Biden was not the greatest communicator in the world. He always said, we wanna build from the bottom up and from the middle out. That's what we need to do in America.
We need to rebuild the middle class and people who aspire to the middle class so that they make enough money so that they can afford to have a house, educate their kids, pay for health insurance, and retire without being scared. Until we start talking about that as our main issues to people again, we're going to keep on losing the working class.
We need to rebuild the middle class and people who aspire to the middle class so that they make enough money so that they can afford to have a house, educate their kids, pay for health insurance, and retire without being scared. Until we start talking about that as our main issues to people again, we're going to keep on losing the working class.
We need to rebuild the middle class and people who aspire to the middle class so that they make enough money so that they can afford to have a house, educate their kids, pay for health insurance, and retire without being scared. Until we start talking about that as our main issues to people again, we're going to keep on losing the working class.
As long as we're focused on some of the cultural issues and some of the things that like, you know, why are you so worried about... This guy who came here is undocumented and committed a crime. And I'm not making enough money to take care of my family. I don't have a health insurance or a pension anymore. What about me? What are you doing about me? So we got to get back to The basics.
As long as we're focused on some of the cultural issues and some of the things that like, you know, why are you so worried about... This guy who came here is undocumented and committed a crime. And I'm not making enough money to take care of my family. I don't have a health insurance or a pension anymore. What about me? What are you doing about me? So we got to get back to The basics.
As long as we're focused on some of the cultural issues and some of the things that like, you know, why are you so worried about... This guy who came here is undocumented and committed a crime. And I'm not making enough money to take care of my family. I don't have a health insurance or a pension anymore. What about me? What are you doing about me? So we got to get back to The basics.
One last thing. When Trump was first elected in 2016, I went to a big meeting at the DCCC. People were sitting around a table, 50 people. And one union guy says, the Democrats used to show up at church picnics and at the bars and they would talk to you. They don't do that anymore. And that's the problem.
One last thing. When Trump was first elected in 2016, I went to a big meeting at the DCCC. People were sitting around a table, 50 people. And one union guy says, the Democrats used to show up at church picnics and at the bars and they would talk to you. They don't do that anymore. And that's the problem.
One last thing. When Trump was first elected in 2016, I went to a big meeting at the DCCC. People were sitting around a table, 50 people. And one union guy says, the Democrats used to show up at church picnics and at the bars and they would talk to you. They don't do that anymore. And that's the problem.
When I first started talking about the border in my special election to take the seat that George Santos was kicked out of, and I was talking about the border, everybody's like, why are you talking about the border? That's a Republican issue. I was like, this is what everybody's talking about. We have to stop listening to the consultants and start listening to the people that we represent again.
When I first started talking about the border in my special election to take the seat that George Santos was kicked out of, and I was talking about the border, everybody's like, why are you talking about the border? That's a Republican issue. I was like, this is what everybody's talking about. We have to stop listening to the consultants and start listening to the people that we represent again.
When I first started talking about the border in my special election to take the seat that George Santos was kicked out of, and I was talking about the border, everybody's like, why are you talking about the border? That's a Republican issue. I was like, this is what everybody's talking about. We have to stop listening to the consultants and start listening to the people that we represent again.
Yeah. I mean, politics, you know, goes in waves. And, you know, right now we're on the downswing of our wave. We are in trouble. We have to get back to to talking about what people care about and talking to the people.
Yeah. I mean, politics, you know, goes in waves. And, you know, right now we're on the downswing of our wave. We are in trouble. We have to get back to to talking about what people care about and talking to the people.
Yeah. I mean, politics, you know, goes in waves. And, you know, right now we're on the downswing of our wave. We are in trouble. We have to get back to to talking about what people care about and talking to the people.