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纽约州联邦众议员汤姆·苏奥齐批评美国民主社会主义者组织滥用“民主”一词
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年8月2日 美国东部时间凌晨4:00 | 更新时间：2026年8月2日 美国东部时间凌晨5:11
温和派众议院民主党人敦促党内“正面迎击美国民主社会主义者组织
纽约州联邦众议员汤姆·苏奥齐接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时谈及即将到来的中期选举。
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一位资深众议院民主党人敦促其所在政党抵制近年来影响力不断扩大的社会主义派系。
“我完全不认同这些主张，我认为这些主张的支持者寥寥无几，”纽约州联邦众议员汤姆·苏奥齐在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。
他将美国民主社会主义者组织（DSA）与众议院自由核心小组——众议院共和党最右翼派系相提并论，同时谴责美国民主社会主义者组织在名称中使用“民主”一词，暗示其本质上主要是社会主义性质。
“就像共和党不得不应对自由核心小组一样，民主党也不得不应对这个组织，”苏奥齐说。“我不喜欢他们使用‘民主’这个词。我认为作为民主党，我们应该就此发起反击，表明‘听着，你们不应该使用“民主”这个词……那是我们的标签，不是你们的。’”
拉姆·伊曼纽尔警告：美国民主社会主义者组织的议程在“曼哈顿上西区之外不受欢迎
2019年5月1日劳动节当天，美国民主社会主义者组织成员聚集在特朗普旗下建筑外。（盖蒂图片社）
与此同时，与美国民主社会主义者组织支持的候选人在全国范围内的初选中取得重大突破，甚至在纽约州和科罗拉多州击败了现任众议院进步派议员。
众议院共和党人计划将民主党内战转化为中期选举武器
随着共和党人试图利用民主党内部日益激化的内讧大做文章，苏奥齐警告民主党同僚，必须认真对待美国民主社会主义者组织接管民主党的观感。
“我不会浪费时间杞人忧天。我会采取行动。所以我明确表示：‘那不是我，也不是我们，这就是为什么那不是我们，为什么那不是我。我会就此发起反击，”苏奥齐说。“有很多民主党人会说：‘哦，你看，他们只是在深蓝选区的极少数人，没什么大不了的。’我认为就这样无视他们是错误的。我认为你应该直接正面迎击，表明‘这些人是错的，我们和他们毫无关系。’”
共和党人与民主党人在全国范围内争夺控制权，中期选举百日冲刺拉开帷幕
苏奥齐本人属于两党阵营中日益缩减的温和派群体。他同时也是两党问题解决者核心小组的联合主席，该小组致力于寻求两党都能支持的立法解决方案。
这位纽约州民主党人是共和党人在即将到来的中期选举中的重点目标之一，他的11月胜选对民主党夺回众议院控制权至关重要。苏奥齐的选区以纽约市外富裕的长岛郊区，2024年总统选举中唐纳德·特朗普在此获胜。
纽约州联邦众议员汤姆·苏奥齐于2026年4月23日在美国国会大厦投票后走下众议院台阶。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-罗尔报公司 via 盖蒂图片社）
他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，民主党人不应将竞选矛头对准特朗普本人，而应就他的具体政策举措展开辩论。
“你的食品杂货价格上涨，你的燃油价格上涨，你的医疗保险成本上涨。你的能源账单更高。你的孩子买不起房子——所有这些因素。而这一切之所以发生，都是因为本届政府，”苏奥齐辩称。“我认为竞选不应过多聚焦特朗普本人。你知道，当我说应该对特朗普进行公投时，应该是对本届政府在解决你生活中这些问题上的表现进行公投。”
与此同时，共和党人辩称，如果民主党控制众议院，将助长党内社会主义派系掌权，并推行不受美国民众欢迎的政策。
例如，在帝国州（纽约州），自称民主社会主义者、纽约市市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼已成为右翼眼中的头号“替罪羊”。
苏奥齐表示，如果他没有早早与这位社会主义者的政策纲领划清界限，这种攻击策略“将会奏效。
纽约市市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼与工会成员和移民倡导者一同在纽约参加集会，此前最高法院裁定特朗普政府可以取消对海地人和叙利亚人的保护政策。（列夫·拉丁/太平洋新闻/光线摄影 via 盖蒂图片社）
“他非常聪明，魅力十足，”苏奥齐说。“我只是从根本上不同意他在某些问题上的立场。”
但苏奥齐警告称，仅仅公开反对社会主义左翼是不够的。
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“我发起了一项名为“向美国承诺的活动，目前已有10名国会议员签署。我们正在争取200名州和地方官员加入，”他说。“我们已经确定了10名民主党候选人签署了这项承诺：“我们是资本主义者，不是社会主义者。我们支持安全，而非无法无天。我们为美国感到骄傲，而非羞愧。我们是主流派，而非极端派。所以我们必须组织起来，必须开展必要的工作。”
苏奥齐的对手是共和党前州议员迈克·利佩特里，特朗普已背书此人将该席位翻转为共和党掌控。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，负责众议院的报道。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻发表过署名文章。
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Vulnerable Democrat warns party to ‘fight back’ against growing socialist movement
August 2, 2026 4:00am EDT / Fox News
New York House Rep Tom Suozzi panned the DSA’s use of the word ‘democratic’
By Elizabeth Elkind, Fox News
Published August 2, 2026 4:00am EDT | Updated August 2, 2026 5:11am EDT
Moderate House Democrat urges party to take DSA ‘head-on’
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., spoke with Fox News Digital about the coming midterm elections.
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A senior House Democrat is urging his party to push back against the growing socialist wing that’s been gaining influence in recent years.
“I don’t ascribe to any of those ideas at all, and I think that there’s very little support for those ideas,” Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital in an interview.
He compared the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to the House Freedom Caucus, a group on the rightmost flank of the House GOP, while denouncing the DSA’s use of the word “democratic” in its name — implying its ideals were mostly socialist in nature.
“Much like the Republicans have had to deal with the Freedom Caucus, the Democrats are going to have to deal with this group,” Suozzi said. “I don’t like the idea of them using ‘democratic.’ I think that we should be, as the Democratic Party, should be fighting against that and saying, ‘You know, you shouldn’t be using the word democratic … that’s us, that’s not you.”
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Members of the Democratic Socialists of America gather outside a Trump-owned building on May Day, May 1, 2019, in New York City.(Getty Images)
It comes as DSA-linked candidates are making significant inroads in primary elections across the country, even defeating incumbent House progressives in New York and Colorado.
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And as Republicans work to capitalize on a burgeoning civil war within the party, Suozzi warned fellow Democrats to take the perception of a DSA takeover seriously.
“I try not to waste my time on worry. I try to take action. So I just say very clearly, ‘That’s not me and that’s not us, and this is why that’s not us, and that’s why this is not me.’ And I fight back against it,” Suozzi said. “And there are a lot of Democrats who say, ‘Oh, if you look at it, it’s just a very small percentage in very deep-blue seats. And it’s not that big a deal.’ I think that’s wrong to just discount it like that. I think you just come out head-on, and take it on and say, ‘These guys are wrong. We’ve got nothing to do with them.’”
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Suozzi himself is part of an ever-shrinking group of moderates on both sides of the aisle. He’s also co-chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, which is dedicated to finding legislative solutions that both parties can get behind.
The New York Democrat is one of Republicans’ top targets in the coming midterm elections, and his November victory would be key to Democrats taking back control of the House. Suozzi’s district, anchored in the wealthy Long Island suburbs outside of New York City, was won by President Donald Trump in 2024.
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., walks down the House steps after a vote in the U.S. Capitol on April 23, 2026.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
He told Fox News Digital that Democrats should not focus on running against Trump the person, but rather argue about his specific policy actions.
“Your grocery prices are higher, your fuel prices are high, your health insurance costs are higher. Your energy bill is higher. Your kids can’t buy a house — all these different factors. And that’s happening because of this administration,” Suozzi argued. “I think it should be less about Trump himself. You know, when I say it should be a referendum on Trump, it should be a referendum on this administration’s performance addressing the things in your life.”
Meanwhile, Republicans have argued that a Democrat-controlled House will embolden the party’s socialist wing to take control and push policies that are unpopular with Americans.
In the Empire State, for example, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, has become a prominent boogeyman for the right.
Suozzi said the tactic “would be effective” if he had not distanced himself from the socialist’s policy platform early on.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally in New York alongside union members and immigration advocates after the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration can revoke protections for Haitians and Syrians.(Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
“He’s a very smart guy, he’s very charismatic,” Suozzi said. “I just fundamentally disagree with his positions on things.”
But it’s not enough to speak out against the socialist left, Suozzi warned.
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“I started a thing called The Promise to America, where I’ve got now 10 members of Congress signed onto it. We’re in the process of getting 200 state and local officials,” he said. “We’ve identified 10 candidates, Democratic candidates, to sign the pledge that says ‘We’re capitalist, not socialist. We’re for safety, not lawlessness. We’re proud, not ashamed of America, and we’re mainstream, we’re not extreme.’ So we’ve just got to organize, we’ve got to do the work necessary.”
Suozzi is running against Republican former state lawmaker Mike LiPetri, whom Trump endorsed to flip the seat red.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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