Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., rang within the new yr with a New York Instances visitor essay urging fellow Democratic lawmakers to drop the resistance motion and work with President-elect Donald Trump in his second time period.
In his piece, the congressman admitted that the outcomes of the 2024 election reveal that voters need the Democratic Occasion to compromise on main points, just like the financial system and immigration, somewhat than stonewalling Trump’s agenda as they did throughout his first time period.
“As a Democratic member of Congress, I know my party will be tempted to hold fast against Mr. Trump at every turn: uniting against his bills, blocking his nominees and grinding the machinery of the House and the Senate to a halt. That would be a mistake,” he declared.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y. urged his get together to show over a brand new leaf and compromise with President-elect Donald Trump somewhat than resist his agenda. (Craig Ruttle-Pool/Getty Pictures)
Suozzi, who was elected to New York’s third Congressional District earlier this yr after it was vacated by former GOP Rep. George Santos, admitted he’s cautious of Trump’s willingness to compromise with Democratic lawmakers, citing a few of the former president’s conduct following the election.
“I’m no dupe: Some of Mr. Trump’s actions offer little reassurance that he is ready to embrace the bipartisanship and compromise essential to a functioning democracy,” he stated, pointing to the incoming president’s “radical cabinet picks,” his calls for for the current authorities spending invoice, and his “hubris” in bringing businessmen and advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy round Capitol Hill.
Suozzi suggested that Trump must “to embrace his inner dealmaker and negotiate with the other party that holds just shy of half of the seats on Capitol Hill and key governorships around the country,” including that if Trump does that, “Democrats should meet him halfway rather than be the Party of No.”
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The lawmaker went on to denounce his get together’s “significant leftward shift,” and talked about that either side of the aisle wish to work collectively. “But as a common-sense Democrat who won in a district that Mr. Trump also won, I am certain our closely divided electorate would rather have bipartisan solutions than political gridlock.”
He acknowledged the notion that Trump’s win was a “mandate” from the American individuals, however clarified it wasn’t one “for one-party rule.”
“But as I see it, the results of the 2024 campaign were a mandate for border security, immigration reform, low inflation, economic stability and common ground on culture-war fights,” he argued.
He continued by providing examples of what Democratic compromises may seem like, beginning with local weather change. He stated, “Democrats cannot abandon our zeal to combat climate change. At the same time, let’s balance our commitment to environmental protection with pragmatic measures that safeguard affordable utility bills and manageable costs at the pump.”
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President-elect Donald Trump and his spouse Melania Trump arrive on New Yr’s Eve at his Mar-A-Lago Membership on December 31, 2024 in Palm Seaside, Florida. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Pictures)
“Let’s move beyond the relentless attacks on widely held religious values while ensuring that the rights, safety and dignity of all are upheld,” Suozzi stated, and admitted that liberals ought to embrace “efforts to make government more efficient and effective,” so long as they nonetheless defend “the strengthening of Social Security, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act.”
Suozzi stated his New Yr’s decision was to rise above partisanship and arguing whereas embracing “common sense.”
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