Rahm Emanuel, who has served as the mayor of Chicago and Obama’s chief of staff, is worried that the far left faction of his party is going to blow it for them in the 2026 midterm elections.
He has a valid point.
Historically, the party in power loses seats during midterms. It would not be a surprise if the Democrats retook control of the House, for instance. But the DSA folks are spooking average Americans by talking about emptying the prisons and defunding police, as well as other crazy ideas like abolishing the Senate and the presidency.
FOX News reports:
Rahm Emanuel warns ‘Bernie bros’ could sink Democrats by saddling moderates with socialist agenda
Former Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel warned Thursday that “Bernie bros” and democratic socialist candidates could hurt the Democratic Party in November’s midterm elections by forcing moderates in competitive districts to answer for unpopular progressive positions.
Emanuel wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion column that Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates could divert attention from the issue he believes Democrats should make central in the campaign.
“In the name of ‘authenticity,’ the DSA and others are saddling the Democratic Party with nominees whose wildly unpopular positions will protect Republicans from having to pay the price of Donald Trump’s corruption and economic incompetence,” Emanuel said.
He compared the current political environment with 2006, when he led the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) as the party gained 31 House seats. He said Democrats succeeded by recruiting candidates who eased voters’ concerns that the party was culturally out of touch and weak on national defense…
“When the DSA attempts to turn safe Democratic states and districts a darker shade of blue, Democratic candidates in swing districts are put at a distinct disadvantage,” Emanuel said.
Emanuel talked about this on CNN. Watch:
‘They have policies from defunding the police to decriminalizing the prison system to open borders and we’ve tried that and it’s politically, electorally a failure and the policies are wrong.’ Rahm Emanuel tells @jaketapper why he argues far-left candidates could hurt the… pic.twitter.com/yn5ZVcm2Wq
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) July 23, 2026
If the Democrats completely lose the midterms, it will be in part because of the DSA.
The things they are proposing are more radical than anything the left has ever pushed publicly.
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