Democrat Suozzi wins special election to replace Santos in New York
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Democrat Tom Suozzi has won the New York special election to the U.S. House, according to an AP race call. Suozzi will serve out the remainder of the term for former GOP Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House last year.
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The Republican candidate is literally just an Israeli Defense Force solider.
So yeah, I guess it's accurate to call her an "incredibly pro-Israel candidate."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazi_Melesa_Pilip
"She is an Ethiopian Jew, and was born in Ethiopia. She immigrated to Israel when she was 12 years old, and later served in the Israel Defense Force's Paratroopers Brigade as a gunsmith. Pilip studied at the University of Haifa, where she earned a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy, and also at Tel Aviv University, where she earned a masters degree in diplomacy and security."
So an Ethiopian Jew was running on supporting Israel's genocide. That'd be ironic if it wasn't so sad.
ethnonationalism is a disease
That said, Ethiopian Jews are treated like shit by a lot of my other fellow Jews sadly, so that may have been a part of it. I'm glad she lost, but I do think that was a factor.