{"id":350986,"date":"2021-10-10T21:38:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T18:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rep-tom-suozzi-backs-buffalo-mayor-byron-browns-write-in-campaign\/"},"modified":"2021-10-10T21:38:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T18:38:14","slug":"rep-tom-suozzi-backs-buffalo-mayor-byron-browns-write-in-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rep-tom-suozzi-backs-buffalo-mayor-byron-browns-write-in-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rep. Tom Suozzi backs Buffalo mayor Byron Brown&#8217;s write-in campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Rep. Tom Suozzi backs Buffalo mayor Byron Brown&#8217;s write-in campaign<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Rep. Tom Suozzi \u2014 who\u00a0may challenge\u00a0Gov. Kathy Hochul\u00a0in a primary next year\u00a0\u2014 backed Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown on Saturday, declaring the Western New York race to be a battlefront in a broader ideological war in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<p>During a rally when he made his\u00a0expected endorsement\u00a0of the sitting mayor in his write-in campaign against Democratic nominee India Walton, Suozzi (D-Long Island) implored Buffalo residents to do help \u201cdefeat the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe eyes of the country are going to be focused on Buffalo. We don\u2019t want to wake up on Nov. 3, and people say, \u2018Buffalo just elected the first socialist mayor in the past 50 years.\u2019 We can\u2019t make that h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en in Buffalo!\u201d he bellowed on Saturday to a group gathered at Brown\u2019s campaign headquarters. \u201cIf we let them win, we will lose everything. We will lose the American people, we will lose New Yorkers, will lose Buffalonians, if we adopt that type of extremist agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI\u2019m here to say very, very clearly that we need to elect Byron Brown and defeat the socialists.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/walton-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Activist and Democratic-socialist India Walton, who beat Buffalo Mayor Bryon Brown in the June 2021 primary election.\" class=\"wp-image-19759425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/walton-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/walton-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/walton-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Activist and Democratic-socialist India Walton, who beat Buffalo Mayor Bryon Brown in the June 2021 primary election.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Lindsay DeDario<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a shocking upset, Brown\u00a0lost the June mayoral primary\u00a0to Walton \u2014 a Democratic socialist nurse \u2014 but has refused to go down without a fight. Instead, the four-term Democratic incumbent is running as a write-in candidate in the Nov. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to send a message to these socialists with bad ideas that it stops right here in the city of Buffalo,\u201d Brown said on Saturday following Suozzi\u2019s introduction. \u201cThis is the firewall for our state; this is the firewall for our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Hochul has not yet endorsed in the contest, Suozzi is attempting to present himself as the leading voice of the moderate faction in the Democratic Party in the Empire State who will combat the Democratic Socialist of America-aligned wing of it, sources previously said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/suozzi-162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Representative Tom Suozzi made an announcement on October 9, 2021 that he will be backing incumbent Buffalo Mayor Bryon Brown in the upcoming election.\" class=\"wp-image-19759438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/suozzi-162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/suozzi-162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/suozzi-162.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Representative Tom Suozzi made an announcement on October 9, 2021 that he will be backing incumbent Buffalo Mayor Bryon Brown in the upcoming election.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael Brochstein\/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Suozzi, the former Nassau County executive who ran for governor in 2006, has been a vocal advocate for\u00a0removing the cap on SALT deductions\u00a0and sources\u00a0have told The Post he\u2019s mulling\u00a0a gubernatorial bid.<\/p>\n<p>In early August \u2014 when then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s days in office\u00a0were numbered\u00a0following the release of the monumental state Attorney General sexual harassment probe \u2014 Suozzi was among a gaggle of Democrats who flocked to Rev. Al Sharpton to gauge their standing if they were to run for governor in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, The Post reported that Suozzi would attempt to outflank Hochul \u2014 the moderate former lieutenant governor and congresswoman representing Western New York \u2014 on her home turf in Buffalo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Hochul-025.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York Governor Kathy Hochul has yet to make a public announcement on who she supports for the Western New York mayoral race. \" class=\"wp-image-19759444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Hochul-025.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Hochul-025.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Kathy-Hochul-025.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York Governor Kathy Hochul has yet to make a public announcement on who she supports for the Western New York mayoral race. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Lev Radin\/Pacific Press\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday, he brushed aside getting <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Biaggi4NY\/status\/1446704019662163968?s=20\">ripped\u00a0by left-leaning politicians<\/a> and advocates on Twitter\u00a0for his Brown endorsement, borrowing\u00a0a line from\u00a0fellow moderate Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gotta tell you, the Twittersphere is not on our side,\u201d Suozzi, who represents parts of northern Nassau County in Congress, said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t care about what they say in the tweets; I care about what they say in the streets. Because this man\u2019s support is not just on social media, they\u2019re on Social Security, and they want \u2026 to keep buffalo moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a group of Walton supporters rallied around the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiawalton.com\/endorsements\">DSA-endorsed<\/a>\u00a0candidate nearby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is exactly the kind of candidate the Republicans and corporate Democrats fear the most,\u201d national director of the Working Families Party Maurice Mitchell said  Saturday of Walton, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/government-and-politics\/competing-rallies-offer-stark-contrast-in-philosophies-of-byron-brown-india-walton\/article_08f41206-2901-11ec-ba71-f79ddc5651a8.html\">according to\u00a0The Buffalo News<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s no surprise Mayor Brown has launched a sore loser campaign and try to steal India\u2019s victory.\u201d\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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