Last week, Democratic Socialists of America candidates endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani won big in New York, sending shockwaves over the future of the Democratic Party. Is the party in trouble? Is it time for a split?
Following those wins, Democratic strategist James Carville insisted it’s time for a “great schism.”
“Lady, I ain’t the same party as you,” Carville said, referencing Assemblywoman Darializa Avila Chevalier, who beat incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat for the 13th Congressional District. Carville took issue with her attack on the American flag and interracial relationships.
“I actually do think it’s time for Democrats to talk the ‘S’ word, schism. I really do,” Carville said.
He emphasized that “the party is now under control of a democratic socialist of New York City,” calling it “insane.” Carville warned that “these people do not like Democrats. Not only are they not Democrats, [but they also] wish Democrats poorly.”
Such behavior from a Democrat is “truly bizarre” to host Tony Kinnett, as he pointed out last Thursday on “The Tony Kinnett Cast.”
“Now you have Democrats that are going through the exact same thing the Republican party went through a little bit ago,” Kinnett said.
Kinnett wasn’t giving Carville too much credit, though. “He spent so much time making excuses for the young, the restless, and the violent … [and now] the young, the restless, and the violent are acting restless and violent,” he added.
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., of New York’s 3rd Congressional District, is promoting the “Promise to America” initiative, calling for “common sense solutions that stay true to our American values.” Other moderate Democratic Party representatives and candidates have signed on.
Suozzi was also cited in an Axios article, in which he said wins by far-Left candidates left the party “reeling.”
“People who do not support the DSA wring their hands at cocktail parties while the DSA is organizing,” Suozzi told the outlet. The article also noted that “Suozzi said it is time for the [moderate wing of the Democratic Party] to ‘wake up’ to the threat posed to them by the democratic socialists.”
Kinnett wasn’t too sympathetic, however. “Hey, congratulations, you’re a whopping decade late to the party!” Kinnett said during Friday’s show, adding that there “could be a serious fracture to the party.”
Part of that fracture has involved House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., especially given that he endorsed losing candidates last week. Jeffries has taken heat over Mamdani and DSA candidates.
“If people can’t understand that the game has fundamentally changed and they can’t adapt, then they need to let others lead,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., told Stephen Smith last week on the “Straight Shooter” podcast.
On “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown,” Jeffries said the “moment that we’re in” involves his party doing “everything to take back control of the House of Representatives,” and he added that he has “no idea what Elissa Slotkin is talking about.”
Slotkin’s remarks also triggered a Friday night news dump response on X from the Congressional Black Caucus, which was hit with community notes for misrepresenting Slotkin’s record.
