The Left doesn’t know what to do. And they’re eating their own.
And the Democrat Party is imploding in on itself and now they’re at each other’s throats.
Democratic Party’s Socialist Civil War Threatens to Sink Must-Win Senate Races
The Democratic Party’s internal ideological meltdown is spreading from deep-blue congressional districts into statewide contests in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, where a growing socialist movement is threatening to hand Republicans winnable seats in November.
After far-left and socialist candidates ousted more moderate Democrats in deep-blue primaries last month, upcoming Senate primaries in Michigan and Minnesota and Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary will test whether the movement can extend its takeover into statewide power, and whether the party establishment can stop it before it costs them the majority.
Progressive standard-bearer Sen. Bernie Sanders, the independent from Vermont and two-time Democratic presidential primary runner-up, boasted on the campaign trail this past weekend, “Within the last year, we have won mayor’s races in New York City. We’ve won mayor’s races in Seattle. Washington, D.C. We have won congressional elections and Democratic primaries in Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, Montana, Colorado, New Jersey and New York.”
Establishment Democrats Sound the Alarm on Socialist Takeover
Not everyone in the party is celebrating the far-left’s momentum. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who lost last year’s New York City mayoral race to socialist Zohran Mamdani, delivered a blunt warning on Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria.
“Socialism has not worked anywhere on the globe,” Cuomo said. “Promises of free lunch, free buses, free bread, free everything. There’s no such thing as free. Someone always pays. This is a dream. This is nirvana. This is utopia. And they’re selling to young people who are buying it. It’s not going to work.”
The Democratic Socialists of America celebrated the party’s leftward lurch in a social media post: “Only socialism can solve decades of capitalist mismanagement in the US. Our newly elected leaders will fight for the working class — not for crumbs.”
But that triumphalism is far from universal, even among Democrats. Longtime Democratic strategist and Obama administration veteran Van Jones pushed back hard in a social media post.
“I’m tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas,” Jones wrote. “Supporting Hamas is not progressive. ‘No police, no prisons, no borders’ is not progressive. Celebrating the m*rder of Israeli civilians is not progressive. These ideas are REGRESSIVE.”
Jamie Metzl, a former Clinton administration official, told Fox News Channel it’s time for Democrats “to stand up” to what he called “the bigots and anti-Americans in our own party,” warning that the DSA and other far-left groups “who are trying to take control of our party and our brand” represent “a fundamental threat to our party and our country.”
Far-Left Senate Candidate Could Cost Democrats a Winnable Seat
Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez descended on Michigan’s campaign trail this past weekend to boost Abdul El-Sayed, the far-left candidate they’re backing in a pivotal Democratic Senate primary against Rep. Haley Stevens, the more moderate lawmaker backed by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and the party establishment.
El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health Department director who unsuccessfully ran an insurgent campaign for governor in 2018, has called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and has been a vocal critic of Israel amid its war with Hamas, even characterizing Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” against Palestinians. He served as a top surrogate on Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign and has vowed not to accept PAC donations.
The winner of the Aug. 4 Democratic primary will take on former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, who is on a glide path to the GOP nomination, in a key midterm Senate faceoff to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. The seat is a top Republican target as the GOP looks to defend its 53-47 Senate majority, and party leaders worry a El-Sayed nomination would hand Republicans an easy pickup in a state Trump carried two years ago by just over one percentage point.
“I think we’re at an opportunity to show folks where the Democratic Party ought to go. Whether or not there are people who oppose that, that’s for them to decide. But if you’re opposing that on behalf of big corporations, folks like AIPAC, you’re going to find that their power is going to start to slip,” El-Sayed said in a Fox News interview on Sunday.
Sanders, speaking alongside El-Sayed and Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday, argued, “In all due respect to Haley Stevens, everyone knows that this is not an election between her and Abdul El-Sayed. This is an election between Abdul and the billionaire class.”
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a vocal critic of the far left and a top Democratic supporter of Israel, fired back at Sanders in a Fox News Channel interview.
“You know, humble yourself, Bernie. You know, you just pushed an accused r*pist and imploded up in Maine and now you’re pushing, you know, essentially a pro-Hamas candidate that’s been anti-American and deeply anti-Israel,” Fetterman said, referencing Sanders’ past support for now-former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner of Maine, who ended his campaign this month after an explosive report containing a r*pe allegation, which he denied.
One week after the Michigan showdown, Wisconsin will hold its Aug. 11 primary, where DSA-backed state Rep. Francesca Hong is gaining ground in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. “It’s a great day to be a democratic socialist,” Hong posted on X last month. “Wisconsin is next!”
The same day, progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota faces moderate Democratic Rep. Angie Craig in the primary to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith.
Democrats Face Steep Consequences in the Midterms
Whatever the outcome of the party’s identity crisis, the more immediate stakes are clear: Democrats cannot afford to lose ground in November if they hope to flip the Senate.
“What you’re seeing here are the two opposing forces of the Democratic Party,” veteran Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo told Fox News Digital. “The stakes are monumentally high because Democrats have to hold these seats in November.”
