Suozzi Launches 10-Point Promise to America as He Urges Democrats to Fight Socialist Wing
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 2
Suozzi Launches 10-Point Promise to America as He Urges Democrats to Fight Socialist Wing
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 2
Summary
Tom Suozzi said Democrats should confront the party’s rising socialist flank head-on, arguing DSA-linked candidates are gaining real influence in primaries and should not be dismissed as a fringe problem.
The New York moderate tied that warning to a new “Promise to America” effort, saying 10 House members have joined and organizers are seeking 200 state and local officials plus 10 Democratic candidates to sign on.
The pledge frames Democrats as “capitalist, not socialist,” “for safety, not lawlessness,” and “mainstream, not extreme,” as Suozzi tries to draw a sharper line before the midterms.
Suozzi, a top Republican target in a Long Island district Trump carried in 2024, also said Democrats should campaign less against Trump personally and more against his administration’s record on prices, housing and energy costs.
His push comes as Republicans argue a Democratic House would empower the socialist left, a line Suozzi said can work unless moderates distance themselves early from figures such as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.