{"id":4881,"date":"2026-07-13T08:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4881"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:56:07","slug":"schmitt-warns-democrats-radical-left-is-blueprint-for-2028-presidential-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4881","title":{"rendered":"Schmitt warns Democrats&#8217; &#8216;radical left&#8217; is blueprint for 2028 presidential primary"},"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 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\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> One Senate Republican warned that the &#8220;radical leftist&#8221; surge in the Democratic Party today will be the roadmap for Democrats in 2028, when candidates will jockey for the White House.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">&#8220;You get this hammer-and-sickle wave we saw in New York \u2014 that is not going to be an isolated incident,&#8221; Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital. &#8220;That is a flashing red light. It is a red flag.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Their primaries now are going to be dominated by these people who want to go to war with Western civilization,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I mean, I&#8217;m not making this up. This is what they say they want to do. And, so, their [2028] presidential primary will be defined by this ideology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_3488275\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdani-backed-socialists-look-take-new-york-playbook-nationwide-after-primary-victories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALISTS LOOK TO TAKE NEW YORK PLAYBOOK NATIONWIDE AFTER PRIMARY VICTORIES<\/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\/mamdani-schumer-aoc.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/mamdani-schumer-aoc.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\/mamdani-schumer-aoc.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/mamdani-schumer-aoc.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\/mamdani-schumer-aoc.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/mamdani-schumer-aoc.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\/mamdani-schumer-aoc.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/mamdani-schumer-aoc.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\/mamdani-schumer-aoc.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Mamdani, Schumer, AOC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The Democratic Party is changing, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, represents the old guard, while upstart stars like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are driving the conversation.<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Several insurgent progressive and far-left candidates have toppled more moderate incumbents in primary contests during <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_3488276\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this midterm election cycle<\/a>. In New York City, as Schmitt pointed out, Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s chosen candidates made a clean sweep in June.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Two incumbents, Reps. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., were felled by progressives with the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_3488277\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdani-backed-socialists-look-take-new-york-playbook-nationwide-after-primary-victories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani stamp of approval<\/a> \u2014 Brad Lander and Darializa Avila Chevalier, respectively.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">And in the race for the majority in the Senate, one of the most notable far-left candidates is Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, who is locked in a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_3488278\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-civil-war-heads-michigan-progressives-face-biggest-test-high-stakes-senate-showdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">messy primary fight<\/a> with Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_3488279\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-civil-war-heads-michigan-progressives-face-biggest-test-high-stakes-senate-showdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEMOCRATS&#8217; CIVIL WAR HEADS TO MICHIGAN, WHERE PROGRESSIVES FACE BIGGEST TEST YET IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE SHOWDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Schmitt contended it was Democrats\u2019 position on immigration, in particular, that was defining their policies and candidates moving forward.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I think they&#8217;ve just decided that their only chance of being successful electorally is through their immigration policy, and, so, they&#8217;ve completely dismissed the arguments of Bill Clinton and even Harry Reid,&#8221; Schmitt said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I mean, it sounds crazy to even say that, but they were, at least, I guess what you would make a centrist argument on that they&#8217;ve totally abandoned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Specifically, Senate Democrats are bucking an old policy that was once championed by former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. In the 1990s, Reid pushed legislation that would have <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_3488281\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court-lambasted-destructive-outrageous-birthright-citizenship-decision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed birthright citizenship<\/a> just like how Schmitt and other Republicans are doing now after the Supreme Court\u2019s decision upholding birthright citizenship earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_3488282\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/democratic-socialists-america-leader-says-many-group-would-thrilled-aoc-2028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA LEADER SAYS \u2018MANY\u2019 IN GROUP WOULD BE &#8216;THRILLED&#8217; AT AOC IN 2028<\/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\/Senator-Eric-Schmitt-birthright.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/Senator-Eric-Schmitt-birthright.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\/Senator-Eric-Schmitt-birthright.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/Senator-Eric-Schmitt-birthright.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\/Senator-Eric-Schmitt-birthright.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/Senator-Eric-Schmitt-birthright.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\/Senator-Eric-Schmitt-birthright.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/Senator-Eric-Schmitt-birthright.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\/Senator-Eric-Schmitt-birthright.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"schmitt questions patel \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questions FBI Director Kash Patel during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2025.<\/span> <span>(AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Schmitt said <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_3488283\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/chuck-schumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,<\/a> D-N.Y., who was mentored by Reid, was on notice by his own party given the further left the political winds were blowing.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">His main political adversary could be one of the poster children of the progressive movement: <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_3488284\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,<\/a> D-N.Y.<\/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\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;You know, Chuck Schumer, if he survives to even be minority leader again, you know, next term, there&#8217;s just no way he&#8217;s not going to have a primary challenge by AOC or somebody else,&#8221; Schmitt said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I mean, I think he&#8217;s probably going to chair the \u2018AOC for president campaign\u2019 so \u2026 she doesn&#8217;t run against him, but there&#8217;s going to be somebody else. 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