{"id":27298,"date":"2026-08-04T12:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27298"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:51:32","slug":"rep-josh-gottheimer-tells-democratic-socialists-to-start-own-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27298","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Josh Gottheimer tells Democratic Socialists to start own party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-layout-index=\"4\" class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6402686749112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Democratic Party socialist takeover warned by Rep. Josh Gottheimer<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer sounds the alarm on the growing influence of far-left socialist factions within the party. Gottheimer emphasizes the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America during recent high-profile primary elections. He argues that mainstream leaders must actively reject radical progressive policies to maintain voter trust and win competitive congressional elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">A leading House Democrat went scorched-earth on insurgent <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643905\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/socialism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">socialists<\/a> rising within his party, repeatedly telling them to start their own party and accusing them of trying to &#8220;hijack&#8221; the Democratic Party as a &#8220;vessel&#8221; for their communist, &#8220;anti-American,&#8221; open-border platform.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">House Intelligence Committee member Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a leader of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition, told Fox News on Sunday that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is &#8220;not Democrats&#8221; and rejected the idea that its platform is compatible with the Democratic Party\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Obviously, I&#8217;m a very proud, commonsense Democrat, and I don&#8217;t think DSA members are Democrats. They&#8217;re socialists, right? And I&#8217;m all for them having their own party if they want one, but if they&#8217;re trying to take over our party, that&#8217;s unacceptable to me,&#8221; Gottheimer said on &#8220;The Big Weekend Show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643906\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/dem-rep-henry-cuellar-rejects-dsa-agenda-says-socialists-trying-use-democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>DEM REP HENRY CUELLAR REJECTS DSA AGENDA, SAYS SOCIALISTS ARE TRYING TO &#8216;USE&#8217; DEMOCRATIC PARTY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/HASAN-PIKER-WEB-SUMMIT-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/HASAN-PIKER-WEB-SUMMIT-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/HASAN-PIKER-WEB-SUMMIT-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/HASAN-PIKER-WEB-SUMMIT-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/HASAN-PIKER-WEB-SUMMIT-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/HASAN-PIKER-WEB-SUMMIT-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/HASAN-PIKER-WEB-SUMMIT-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/HASAN-PIKER-WEB-SUMMIT-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/HASAN-PIKER-WEB-SUMMIT-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Hasan Piker\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Twitch streamer Hasan Piker is facing renewed scrutiny after viewers spotted a framed newspaper front page from Sept. 12, 2001, in his background.<\/span> <span>(Sam Barnes\/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Their values, their ideas are certainly not in line with ours, and they don&#8217;t support our leadership. They&#8217;re trying to use the Democratic Party as a vessel for their ideas. And as you heard in some of these conventions, literally, they&#8217;re supporting the Communist Manifesto and [Leon] Trotsky, they&#8217;re anti-American, they are anti-cop, they don&#8217;t believe in borders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Gottheimer was referring to man-on-the-street clips of DSA members at the group\u2019s Chicago convention. One socialist said they are organizing a front to get &#8220;ICE off our campuses,&#8221; while a member of the DSA\u2019s National Political Committee said people such as Gottheimer who call them anti-American do not understand that their platform is the &#8220;most American thing you can do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Another DSA NPC member said socialism is the &#8220;same kind of stuff that I am used to [in] growing up in the Christian Church.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643907\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democratic-socialists-america-activists-signed-pledge-support-defend-chinese-socialism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA ACTIVISTS SIGNED PLEDGE TO SUPPORT, DEFEND &#8216;CHINESE SOCIALISM&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Gottheimer said 45 million voters are registered Democrats, compared with 150,000 official DSA members.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;They\u2019re not welcome in the Democratic Party,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He pushed back against members of his own party who have expressed openness to DSA-aligned candidates such as Maine oysterman <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643909\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/graham-platner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graham Platner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643910\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/graham-platner-blames-nazi-tattoo-military-culture-draws-backlash-gop-veterans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>GRAHAM PLATNER BLAMES NAZI TATTOO ON MILITARY \u2018CULTURE,\u2019 DRAWS BACKLASH FROM GOP VETERANS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who represents Silicon Valley, said Democrats should not have &#8220;watched wealth pile up on Wall Street and Silicon Valley&#8221; at the expense of working-class Americans, adding that &#8220;the Democratic Party needs reform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Gottheimer countered that fringe coalitions are mounting insurgencies in both parties and &#8220;trying to barge in&#8221; with incompatible ideas.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He also pointed to longtime Clinton confidant James Carville, who told Fox News that he would disown the Democratic Party if <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643912\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/hasan-piker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">left-wing streamer Hasan Piker<\/a> were permitted to become one of its leaders.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Former U.S. Marine Corps bomb technician Johnny Joey Jones asked whether Gottheimer would also leave the party over Piker or if Democratic leaders embraced socialists such as <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643913\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdani-backed-socialist-hot-seat-deleted-posts-praising-communism-marxism-crazypants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harlem\u2019s Darializa Chevalier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Well, [House Minority Leader <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643914\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hakeem-jeffries-doubles-maximum-warfare-rhetoric-tells-critics-dont-give-damn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hakeem] Jeffries won\u2019t<\/a> \u2014 and let me be very clear that Hasan Piker is not a Democrat \u2013 the guy is the ultimate grifter, right? He\u2019s the guy who said that 9\/11 is America\u2019s fault\u2026 We\u2019ve got to make it clear he\u2019s not welcome in the Democratic Party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Gottheimer said the DSA platform shows that the organization is incompatible with the Democratic Party. He added that socialists can &#8220;scream and yell and try to \u2026hijack [the party] and shove their ideas in and use it as a vessel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We have to make clear that\u2019s not who we are\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">While Gottheimer reiterated that he does not plan to leave the Democratic Party any time soon, Jones noted that one prominent New Jersey Democrat already has.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Rep. <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643915\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jeff-van-drew-trump-democrat-republican-switch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Van Drew<\/a>, whose district includes Cape May, switched parties during President Donald Trump\u2019s first term, angering South Jersey Democratic committees as the longtime lawmaker embraced Trump\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_643916\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/piker-and-gottheimer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/piker-and-gottheimer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/piker-and-gottheimer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/piker-and-gottheimer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/piker-and-gottheimer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/piker-and-gottheimer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/piker-and-gottheimer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/piker-and-gottheimer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/piker-and-gottheimer.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Podcaster Piker faces New Jersey's Gottheimer\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Left-wing podcaster Hasan Piker, left; Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., right.<\/span> <span>(Sam Barnes\/Getty Images; Leigh Vogel\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;You wouldn&#8217;t be the first New Jersey congressman to find a better party. I&#8217;m just saying leave the door open if you want to,&#8221; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Gottheimer\u2019s district includes liberal New York City suburbs immediately west of the George Washington Bridge and the deep-red, Trump-friendly Skylands near the Delaware Water Gap, making it one of the most politically diverse districts in the state\u2019s congressional delegation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fox News Digital reached out to the DSA and Piker for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, worked in both the New York and Washington bureaus for Fox News since 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Party socialist takeover warned by Rep. 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