[NOTE: This article has been updated to reflect Congressman-elect Tom Suozzi’s victory in the special election.]
New York’s 3rd Congressional District voted yesterday to elect a representative to fill the House of Representatives seat left vacant by Republican George Santos, who was expelled from Congress in December 2023.
Democrat Tom Suozzi — Santos’s predecessor in the House — defeated Republican Mazi Pilip to reclaim his seat in Congress, knocking out Pilip with some room to spare on a blizzard-bashed day in New York.
It was a win that some Democrats are interpreting as a signal that the MAGA message is weakening. The 3rd District, the wealthiest in New York State, had traditionally voted for Democrats until Santos won the seat in 2022.
While New Yorkers headed out into a snowstorm to cast their votes, Santos — still a MAGA proponent despite his ignominious expulsion — headed to Ohio to persuade Republicans not to vote for Derek Myers, who is running as a “born again” conservative and “American First” Republican in Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District.
When Myers wrote on X: “To make the news, often you must create news,” Santos went on a tirade against the congressional candidate.
Santos replied: “Like making random [expletive] up and wasting tax payer dollars investigating it… only to find out it was false? Sir you owe the tax payers a refund for your hoax! Drop out of the race while you have some dignity left, you [f-bomb expletive] lunatic!”
Like making random shit up and wasting tax payer dollars investigating it… only to find out it was false?
— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) February 13, 2024
Sir you owe the tax payers a refund for your hoax!
Drop out of the race while you have some dignity left, you fucking lunatic! https://t.co/PUBV4ULqCu
Santos also said that Myers had accused him of criminal activites that “took months but it was proven to be false… to his own admission…. Now he wants to run for congress? I don’t think so.”
Hey Boys and Girls!@DerekMyers is the person in this picture…
— George Santos (@MrSantosNY) February 13, 2024
He’s a dangerous person that attacks people viciously and will smear and make things up just to make himself relevant.
He’s now posing as an America First candidate in the #OH2 primary.
I think it’s time we… pic.twitter.com/2ywalTmBML
Myers is one of 12 Republicans running in the GOP Ohio 2nd Congressional District primary (March 19). Kim Georgeton, is another and she’s not a fan of Myers either. Georgeton amplified Santos’s posts about Myers today and added:
“I am THE ONLY #AmericaFirst candidate in #OH02 and will welcome anyone from Team #MAGA. Derek Myers is a radical left Democrat who is scared of America First Women in Congress.”
Show us the birth certificate, carpetbagging Kim! @KimGeorgeton #OH2 pic.twitter.com/xeYy7yL2AL
— Derek Myers (@DerekMyers) February 13, 2024
Above is Myers talking about Georgeton, whom he claims doesn’t live in the district. He also suggests that she might be transgender.
