Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov
Congressman Tom Suozzi on Bipartisanship in the Trump Era
Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Congressman Tom Suozzi joins Jessica for a candid conversation about what it really means to work across the aisle in today’s political climate. They dive into bipartisanship, whether Trump might actually cut a deal on Dreamers, and how Democrats can win back moderates and young voters. Plus, which Republicans does he think he can actually get things done with? Follow Jessica Tarlov, @JessicaTarlov. Follow Congressman Tom Suozzi, @RepTomSuozzi. Editor's Note: Tom Suozzi voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, but has voiced concerns about whether transgender students should be allowed to compete in women’s sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What does bipartisanship mean in today's political climate?
Then you have ethnic media, and then you have the national media. So it takes a lot of work. First, you gotta figure out who's paying attention, in your district and beyond your district to sell the message. And then you have to do the hard work of spending time in each of these different silos. Because when I came up in politics, you know, you did a press release and the paper's covered.
It was maybe lucky to get on TV and that was good enough. Now you have to do a lot of work and spend a lot of time in each of these different silos.
Now you got to hang out with people like me.
I'm learning a lot from this and I love the longer format anyway.
Yeah, it's great. And it's a great medium for you. So one last thing. What issue is most exciting or animating for you to work on and who are some Republicans or even one that you feel like you have a good relationship with and that you're going to be able to get stuff done with?
Okay, well, I have to work on the border. That's my big thing.
That's your big thing.
Secure the border, fix the broken asylum system, DREAMers, TPS recipients, farm workers. I'm working with a conservative Republican from Texas named Morgan Luttrell, former Navy SEAL, young guy, has a lot of 30,000 DREAMers in his district from a border state. Seems like he wants to get this done. He's worried about getting out too far in front of Trump. And we're building a coalition of others
But I'm also the new co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus. My Democratic colleagues selected me as the Democratic co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus. Brian Fitzpatrick is the Republican co-chair. He and I work together. And like you asked a very important question. Who do you have a good relationship with? You have to constantly work at building relationships.
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