ICYMI: Tom Suozzi Says He Doesn’t Know What a Sanctuary City Is
Tom Suozzi Says He Doesn’t Know What a Sanctuary City Is. Spoiler alert: he does.
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Seeking Old Seat, Former Representative Tom Suozzi Says He Doesn’t Know What a Sanctuary City Is
National Review
Audrey Fahlberg
02/01/2024
Former Democratic representative Tom Suozzi, who is running for his old Long Island seat most recently held by indicted and expelled GOP representative George Santos, told voters during a recent campaign stop he doesn’t know what a sanctuary city is, according to a video of his remarks obtained by National Review.
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“Sanctuary cities is such a misnomer, okay, what does that mean?” Suozzi says in his remarks, which reportedly took place during a January 17 membership meeting of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Chamber of Commerce, a source tells NR. “Can you tell me what it means? Can anyone here tell me what that means? No, but it’s this thing that is thrown out there. It doesn’t mean anything. It’s such a misused terminology”:
The latest remarks from Suozzi are especially notable given his own left-leaning record on immigration while serving in local government and in Congress.
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In June 2018, Suozzi posted a graphic on social media bragging that while serving as Nassau County Executive, “The police department issued an administrative order stating that it is not police policy to inquire about the immigration status of any person unless they are arrested for a crime.”
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