“This is something Biden can replicate.” Suozzi wins high-stakes special election, shrinking House GOP majority

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🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Democrats are celebrating an early election year win, after Tom Suozzi won Tuesday’s special election for the House. What can each party learn from a race where immigration was a central theme? But there are still headwinds for Democrats, especially with some lingering warning signs about the economy. Steve Kornacki, Max Rose, Mark Chiusano, Sahil Kapur, Guy Adami, Ben White, Carlos Curbelo, Steve Israel, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Mark Murray, David Weigel, and Harry Siegel join.

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0:00.0	Good evening boys and girls. I'm Stephanie Rule live at MS NBC
0:09.7	headquarters in New York City and we are now 266 days away from voting for president.
0:16.4	And this evening we have got major election news.
0:19.6	NBC News projects that Democrat Tom Swazi has won the crucial special election
0:25.2	in New York's third congressional district defeating Republican challenger
0:29.4	Maizi Pillaib. Swazi is a former member of the House who served three terms on the hill.
0:35.6	He spoke to supporters just a few moments ago.
0:37.8	Despite all the attacks,
0:45.0	the lies,
0:47.0	the lies about Tom Swazi and the Squad
0:55.2	About Tom Swazi being the godfather of the migrant crisis
1:02.2	about sanctuary Swazi despite the dirty tricks
1:09.4	despite the vaunted NASA county Republican machine.
1:15.0	We won.
1:19.0	This race was fought amidst a closely divided electorate, much like our whole country.
1:32.1	This race was centered on immigration and the economy, much like the issues all
1:39.6	across our country. We won this race, we you won this race.
1:47.0	Because we addressed the issues and we found a way to bind our divisions.
1:59.0	Let's send a message to our friends running the Congress these days.
2:07.0	Stop running around for Trump and start running the country.
2:12.9	They found a way to bind our divisions.
2:16.3	You don't hear that often.
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