“His position is not necessarily the mandate for the future,” said Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., said. “Those of us that live, work and represent the border need to be heard as much as the congressman from New York.”

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“There’s a solution that’s been proposed in the United States Senate that would actually build more wall, would get more border agents, would deal with asylum seekers, would reform the laws to make it better, and would give money to the state of New York and the city of New York to deal with the migrant crisis that we currently have,” Suozzi said.

According to Politico, Suozzi’s campaign ads also promised to “secure the border and praised ICE as a vital agency.” 

“We need to be very careful,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “You’re never going to out-Republican a Republican.”

“I actually don’t think that it’s necessarily the playbook that would apply to the rest of the country,” Ocasio-Cortez told Politico. 

Other Democratic politicians agreed that Suozzi’s break from the progressive wing of his party on border and immigration did not make him an example for future elections. 

“His position is not necessarily the mandate for the future,” said Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., said. “Those of us that live, work and represent the border need to be heard as much as the congressman from New York.”

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., told Politico that Suozzi’s campaign messaging was generally “very inclusive,” though “the rhetoric got a little more extreme” as election day neared.