Headliners at GOP rally on Long Island tomorrow (Suffolk County): Speaker Mike Johnson; Gov. candidate Bruce Blakeman; AG candidate Saritha Komatireddy and "our GOP Candidates...

Jeffries, Emmer, Aguilar paid Long Island visits on Fri and Sat. Now, Speaker Johnson going there Tues for events on behalf of LiPetri and Driscoll, the Republicans challenging Dem Reps. Suozzi and Gillen. He's also rally in Suffolk Cnty, a base fro GOP Reps. LaLota and Garbarino

Suozzi at event: "I also have a very selfish reason I want to win this race. I want to win this race so on Election Day, I can say to the MAGA machine, I can say to the speaker, I can say to JD Vance, 'Shove it up your a**! " newsday.com/long-island/poli…

Hakeem Jeffries, at the event, told Newsday that Suozzi's "shove it" comment was a product of Suozzi & fellow Democrat Laura Gillen being “heavily targeted by Republicans, particularly given the fact that the Nassau County executive is the Republican nominee for governor

Suozzi went on to describe this reelection bid as “probably one of the most painful races I’ve ever been through – certainly my wife has been through. Painful every day.”

Suozzi rattled off being targeted by a Trump-MAGA aligned PAC with $11 million in ad spending; by Johnson visiting Nassau Couty twice to raise money for his opponent; and JD Vance attacking him as "the worst congressman" in the U.S. during claimed "official" trip to his district

Rep. Tom Suozzi told a Democratic event Saturday he wants to be reelected to help improve people’s lives, but also so he can tell Trump’s “MAGA Machine,” Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johson to “shove it up your…!”

Garbarino is included n a bipartisan slate of 30 Congress members the AMPA endorsed, who opposed that provision that it says would override state animal-welfare laws like California's Proposition 12 and Massachusetts' Question 3. The matter could come back up in the lame duck.

Long Island Rep. Andrew Garbarino's stand on behalf of humane livestock conditions -- as one of just 3 Republicans in May to buck GOP leaders on the so-called "Save Our Bacon" Act, a Farm Bill provision -- wins him the endorsement of the American Meat Producers Association 1/2

Hit by LiPetri over making millions in the stock market, Rep. Suozzi said, "I haven't traded a single stock since January 2025," but adds, "The reality is that I bought some stock in 2023 when I was out of Congress that happened to do very, very well."

Suozzi repeatedly pushes to get LiPetri to name one issue he differs from Trump on, saying at one point "You won't say anything you disagree with. You don't have any guts ...You don't have any courage."

Gillen is being challenged by the GOP town of Hempstead receiver of taxes Jeanine Driscoll. Gillen lost to a Republican in what was an open-seat race in the 2022 mid-term election; but won in 2024, when Black voter turnout was higher. Now, we're back to a mid-term election

Jeffries talked about the importance of rallying behind Gillen and getting out the vote . He also talked about what was at stake as Democrats seek to seize the House majority, and there was mention that Jeffries himself could become the first Black U.S. House speaker.

Sedgwick Easley, executive Asst. to Hempstead Village Mayor Waylyn Hobbs, Jr., said he and Hobbs were among those at the Rockville Centre meeting with Gillen, Jeffries and Meeks, pastors and religious leaders. Hobbs also serves as the Senior Pastor of Coney Island Cathedral

Multiple sources confirm LI Demcratic Rep. Laura Gillen met with Nassau County faith leaders this morning, in a non-public meeting that included House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Gregory Meeks. The focus or need for the meeting has not yet been outlined.