REPORT: Tax-Hiking Maniac Tom Suozzi Calls the South “Poor” and Blames it for NY’s High Taxes

Tax-hiking maniac Tom Suozzi derisively referred to the South as “our poor brothers and sisters,” said it needs to “catch up with us,” and blamed it for New York’s high taxes, a new report found. 

Meanwhile, back in reality, Suozzi is the reason New Yorkers’ taxes are so high. Suozzi has a record of voting for tax hikes, and he’s repeatedly called to raise taxes even higher.    

“Tax-obsessed Tom Suozzi is the one who has voted for higher taxes and said repeatedly that Americans aren’t being taxed enough. The South isn’t the problem; Tom Suozzi is.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole

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Elitist New York Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi Refers to South as ‘Our Poor Brothers and Sisters’
Breitbart
Hannah Knudsen
April 22, 2026

Elitist New York Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi referred to the south as “our poor brothers and sisters” during a virtual town hall event on April 16.

“We in the mature, industrial states that are so strong financially, like New York, have to help our poor brothers and sisters down in the south, the southwest and southeast,” he said, asserting that blue states have to help their “poor brothers and sisters” catch up on basics, like education.

“We have to help them catch up with us about education and poverty programs and environmental programs,” he continued, effectively dismissing them as rubes.

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All the while, Suozzi has made it clear that he is “all for” Americans paying more taxes nationally. And, by his own admission, the only reason he does not favor higher taxes locally is because too many people are leaving his state, seeking financial reprieve.

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His voting record reflects this sentiment as well, as he voted against the Big, Beautiful Bill featuring the Trump tax cuts, ignoring the negative impact his choice would have on his own constituents.

Suozzi has also claimed that declining migration and the resulting wage gains are bad because they create “affordability” problems.

“Tax-raising maniac Tom Suozzi has a record of hiking taxes on New Yorkers, but instead of owning it, he’s trying to pass the blame,” National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole said in a statement. “New Yorkers see through his ridiculous, insulting lies.”

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