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The White House was eager to tout the win by Democrat Tom Suozzi in Tuesday’s New York special election in Queens and on Long Island as evidence of support for President Joe Biden’s agenda on both border security and foreign policy spending.
“The results are unmistakable. And right now, House Republicans are yet again putting politics ahead of national security — siding with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Tehran, against America’s defense industrial base, against NATO, against Ukraine, and against our interests in the Indo-Pacific,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said Wednesday. “Tom Suozzi was clear about this choice in his campaign as well, siding with President Biden.”
