Dems vs. Dems
Democratic C-SPAN callers rebuked their own party on Monday during a segment about whether they were pleased with its trajectory.
An AP-NORC poll published on Sunday found that 35% of Democrats used negative terms to describe their party, while just 23% used positive terms. On “Washington Journal,” three out of four Democratic callers expressed pessimism about their party in one segment, each citing different reasons. (RELATED: Charlamagne Tells Pete Buttigieg His ‘Biggest Problem With Democrats’ To His Face)
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The caller also blamed the Democratic Party’s struggles on former President Joe Biden’s decision to run for reelection before finally dropping out on July 21, 2024.
“A lot of the problems are self-inflicted. And they need to step back, look at themselves and I don’t even think that really continually bashing Trump is most effective,” he said. “Focus on all the other issues.”
The caller further advised his party to prioritize tariffs rather than attacking Trump constantly.
The next Democratic caller, Frank from Staten Island, condemned his party for moving too far left.
“I’m registered Democrat, but I hate my party. I haven’t voted for a Democrat really in the elections in quite a while. And yes, I voted Republican many times because I like the policies better. Democrats have had terrible policies,” Frank said. “And now we have the rise of the so-called progressives. They’re really regressives. People like the Squad and [Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez [AOC] and now [Zohran] Mamdani, who might become the mayor of New York City — he’s a proven socialist and Marxist as well as an antisemite.”
“This is … really terrible. The things that they actually believe in do not really help the people at all,” he continued. “They don’t understand markets. I believe in capitalism.”
He added that he chose to be a Democrat in the 1980s because he believed the party was more pro-free speech than the Republican Party.
“And now it’s many years later and I’m not happy with my party at all. And they lost me. But I’m not going to change. I liked the primaries,” he said. “I voted for Biden against [independent Vermont Sen. Bernie] Sanders. Sanders is terrible — another one who wants to bring socialism to the United States.”
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This helps explain why there are many former Democrats like me. It is like the party went off the rails at some point. I can understand why there is dissatisfaction among the Democrats as well. The party needs smarter leadership. AOC and Mamdani are among the reasons people are leaving that party.
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