Democrats Suozzi and Gillen call Long Islanders’ pain “leverage”

October 23, 2025

In case you missed it, yesterday Democrats Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen’s boss, Democrat Whip Katherine Clark, finally told the truth: Democrats shut down the government and are forcing families to suffer for political “leverage.”

New Yorkers need to know: Do Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen support causing suffering for working families in the name of political games? 

“Out-of-touch Democrats Tom Suozzi and Laura Gillen engineered a shutdown, then admitted that New Yorkers’ pain is ‘leverage.’ People’s lives aren’t poker chips, enough is enough.” 
—  NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole