House Democrat: Idea of Democratic Party going hard left 'frankly overblown'
Key takeaways
- I mean, there are a lot of other people, like me, who won our elections on Tuesday who don t take those kinds of positions.
- Somehow, the Democratic Party has continued to move forward with AOC and others on our team, he added, referencing Rep.
- Democratic socialists have stepped more into the national political spotlight in recent years, touting left-of-establishment ideals and rattling mainstream Democrats via big wins before November s midterms.
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Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) said Friday that talk about the Democratic Party taking a hard-left turn is frankly overblown, comments that came after notable wins by democratic socialists in Democratic primaries.
I mean, there are a lot of other people, like me, who won our elections on Tuesday who don t take those kinds of positions. And I got to say, too, you know, Bernie Sanders has been in the Senate for — I think I still had hair and none of it was gray — he s been around that long, and somehow the republic has managed to survive, Ivey told NewsNation s Connell McShane on NewsNation Live.
Somehow, the Democratic Party has continued to move forward with AOC and others on our team, he added, referencing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a democratic socialist herself. So, I think it s frankly overblown. I think what this is going to turn into, quickly, is, these House seats are going to be, you know, district by district.