Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., giving a victory speech Tuesday night in a special election for a vacant House seat once held by former Republican Rep. George Santos , who was expelled from Congress in December. Chants of "You support genocide," "Stop supporting genocide" and "Ceasefire now"were heard from protesters in the crowd holding Palestinian flags. The crowd then drowned out the pro-Palestinian protesters by shouting "Suozzi! DEMS FLIP SEAT AS SUOZZI WINS CRUCIAL SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION IN NEW YORKSuozzi was projected Tuesday night to defeat Republican county lawmaker Mazi Pilip to win back his old job. When Suozzi is sworn in following Tuesday's special election, the Republican majority in the House slips to 219-213.
