June 23, 2026 | Press Release

RNC Statement on NY-03

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Joe Gruters released the following statement on the NY-03: 


Congratulations to Mike LiPetri, who will be a tireless fighter for Nassau County.  Tom Suozzi is a career politician who’s spent years lining his own pockets while making life harder for Long Islanders. Suozzi has failed to deliver on every one of his promises. Instead, he’s become a rubber stamp for the high tax, pro-illegal immigrant, anti-law and order agenda of the far-left. Long Islanders won’t be fooled and are ready to kick Suozzi out and vote for LiPetri this November.”


Tom Suozzi:

  • Is too far left for Nassau County 

    • Supports raising taxes, saying, “I am all for you paying higher taxes."

    • Said his “biggest desire” is to pass mass amnesty for “7 or 8 or 9 or 10 million” illegal aliens living in the United States

    • Bragged that he “kicked ICE out of Nassau County” when he was County Executive

    • Admitted to wanting to impeach President Trump if Democrats win the majority, only to flip flop after learning how unpopular Trump Derangement Syndrome is

    • Refused to condemn political violence

    • Voted for the longest government shutdown in American History 

    • Voted against lowering health care costs for New Yorkers

    • Caved to the radical left, switching his vote on Homeland Security funding

    • Voted repeatedly to defund federal law enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security

  • Voted against increasing the SALT Deduction and cutting taxes, including

    • Quadrupling the State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000 – something Suozzi FAILED to do when Democrats held control in Washington

    • Increasing the average tax refund around 10%

    • No tax on tips

    • No tax on overtime

    • No tax on Social Security

    • Increasing real wages an average of $7,200

    • Delivering a $212 million investment in New York’s rural health care

    • Trump Accounts, providing hundreds of thousands of newborns in New York State with funds for their future

  • Puts himself before Long Islanders
    • Out-earned all of his Democrat colleagues in stock returns – including multi-millionaire “She-Wolf of Wall Street” Nancy Pelosi
    • Dumped thousands in Palantir stock, a company with significant ICE and military contracts, before switching his vote to defund the Department of Homeland Security – profiting from his vote
    • Failed to disclose as many as 300 trades
    • Faced an investigation over his lack of disclosure in 2022
    • Violated disclosure rules again in 2024, resulting in an ethics complaint being filed
    • Fell asleep during the State of the Union