By Mark Gray
4:10pm PST, Mar 1, 2024
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Just two weeks after winning a special election in New York's Nassau County — flipping a seat that had been under Republican control — Rep. Tom Suozzi was sworn in to the House of Representatives on Feb. 28. The seat had been occupied by the notorious George Santos before his ouster for alleged financial crimes last December, marking just the sixth time in U.S. history that a sitting member of the House of Representatives was expelled.
Tom's victory cut into the GOP's already razor-thin House majority.
After House Speaker Mike Johnson swore in Tom, the new representative had critical words for his fellow lawmakers, saying both major political parties are being "bullied" by their bases on issues like inflation and "the chaos at the border."
"Wake up!" the Democrat told the House chamber in an impassioned speech. "The people are sick and tired of finger-pointing and petty partisan politics."
Click through to see pictures from Tom's swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol…
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Rep. Tom Suozzi poses with his family and Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi speaks with Speaker Mike Johnson while being sworn in to Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi attends his swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi attends his swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi leaves his ceremonial swearing-in with his family at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi attends his swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi embraces Speaker Mike Johnson while being sworn in to Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi smiles after Speaker Mike Johnson swears him in to Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2024.
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Rep. Tom Suozzi shakes hands with Speaker Mike Johnson while being sworn in to Congress at the Capitolin Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2024.
