U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on Night 1 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024
Pollster Matt Towery said on Fox News Friday that Democrats are charging headfirst into the same losing strategy that cratered their support among working-class voters in recent election cycles.
Democratic Party favorability has plummeted
to a record-low 29% in March, dropping 20 points since 2021. During an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle,” Towery said rather than pivot toward economic messaging that could resonate with voters, the party appears locked into divisive cultural rhetoric and aggressive posturing that has alienated much of the middle class.
“They’re doubling down on everything that doesn’t work. They̵7;re getting these poll results back that say, ‘Oh, the people in your party want you to be tougher on Trump.’ And hence you have incidents like today in Newark,” Towery told host Laura Ingraham.
Towery explained what he said is the Democratic Party’s current trajectory.
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“They are taking the exact wrong direction. And you see the elders of the party, the folks who’ve been around a long time say, ‘No, no, no, you can’t do this.’ No one’s listening,” Towery said.
The infighting doesn’t stop there.
“And, by the way, do you think AOC and the squad like [Democratic Rep] Jasmine [Crockett of Texas] right now? I think she’s taking a little spotlight away from them,” Towery said. “So there’s going to be a big battle at some point as to who’s going to be the darling of the Democratic Party. And, like you said, she’s sort of leapfrogging over at this moment.”
A majority of Democratic
-aligned adults say their party’s leadership is steering them in the wrong direction, with 52% expressing dissatisfaction. Even before several Senate Democrats supported
a GOP-led spending bill, lawmakers had already begun calling for [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer to step down.
Since President Donald Trump’s victory in November, Democrats have failed
to rally around a clear message or leader for the 2026 midterms. Some blame
a lack of policy focus, while others point to deeper messaging problems within the party.
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Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld slammed what he called the Democratic Party’s biggest “tantrum[s]” Friday on “The Five,” accusing them of replacing “law and order” with “performance art.”
In Democrats’ latest attempt to push back on the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested
Democrat Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after he attempted to enter a New Jersey detention facility, according to the Department of Homeland Security. While discussing the chaotic scene involving Baraka, Gutfeld blasted Democrats for what he called their performative “crap.”
“Yeah, I think you had one day, one bad day for the right, and they had to milk it for all it’s worth, commissions, you name it, throw everybody in jail,” Gutfeld said. “They’ve done this every single day since like 1963. They haven’t stopped. Think about all the crap that the Dems are doing now. The singing, the shouting, flying to El Salvador, storming ICE.”
“They’ve replaced law and order with performance art. The problem is, like all performance art, no one buys it. It’s one and done. It’s self-serving. It doesn’t offer any service to the community that they claim to help. No one really remembers [Democrat Maryland Sen. Chris] Van Hollen going to El Salvador,” Gutfeld added.
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In March, illegal migrant Kilmer Armando Abrego Garcia was deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s mega-prison. Although a judge ordered
the U.S. to return Garcia, the administration appealed the case to the Supreme Court.
“I’m sure he would like people to forget about it. I won’t. Somebody should put out an Amber Alert for Van Hollen. Where is that douchebag?” Gutfeld asked. “That guy wasted, what? How many weeks of our lives being a self-righteous jerk?”
By April 10, the justices ruled
that the administration must “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return — despite alleged ties between him and the MS-13 gang. While some Democrats advocated in the media
for Abrego Garcia’s return, Van Hollen used
taxpayer dollars to travel to El Salvador to advocate for the illegal migrant’s due process.
“But this is all, you know what this is? This is all traced back to the guilty white liberal and the soft bigotry of no expectations. They believe you cannot be held accountable for your actions,” Gutfeld said. “You’re almost too childlike to be expected to conform to civilized behavior. This is why you have the affluent white female libs, awfuls, defending extra rights for male perverts, gang members, and psychopaths.”
“Meanwhile, it’s American men, mothers, and wives who have said ‘Enough.’ Americans are generally pretty laid back until they’re not, and then they’ve had enough,” Gutfeld said. “You elected Trump. The adults enter the room. These are children. This is a tantrum. They expect us to respect that. We won’t.”
Following Van Hollen’s visit, four Democrat Reps. — Maxwell Frost of Florida, Robert Garcia of California, Maxine Dexter of Oregon and Yassamin Ansari of Arizona — traveled
to El Salvador in April to demand Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. During their visit, the lawmakers notably stayed
at the luxury Hilton San Salvador hotel, which has panoramic views of the country, sources told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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