Video NY primary elections viewed as litmus test on the future of Democratic Party New York's primary day serves as a litmus test for the Democratic Party as Democratic socialists, including Zohran Mamdani, actively campaign for progressive challengers. Candidates Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Brad Lander advocate for policies such as Medicare-for-All and abolishing ICE. The segment also covers the controversy surrounding Rep. Dan Goldman, banned by a Brooklyn coffee shop for his pro-Israel stance, leading to a civil rights investigation.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller argued Tuesday that the Democratic Party has fundamentally transformed as progressive candidates continue to win primaries across the country.
"[We have to] explain to the American people that Democrats you grew up with, the Democrats that your mom and dad grew up with, the Democrats that your grandma and grandpa grew up with, do not exist anymore at all, not at any level of government," Miller said.
"A vote for any Democrat, anywhere, for any office, is empowering a party that wants to strip this country to the bone, to take away our security, our defense, our way of life."
FAR-LEFT GROUPS PIVOT FROM MAY DAY PROTESTS TO MOBILIZE VOTERS FOR 2026 MIDTERMS, PUSHING DEMS LEFTWARD
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller speaks during the inaugural Americas Counter-Cartel Conference at the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Doral, Fla., on March 5. (Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP via Getty Images)
Miller's warning came during a "Hannity" appearance, where he discussed Tuesday night's New York primary victories for Zohran Mamdani-backed candidates Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez and Brad Lander.
Far-left progressivism and Democratic socialism are spreading beyond New York State, however. In Maine, progressive Graham Platner secured a primary victory earlier this month and will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November's general election.
In other races, Democratic socialist Nithya Raman will square off against incumbent Democrat Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Texas Democrat James Talarico, another progressive, will face Republican Ken Paxton in a high-stakes Senate race in November, and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will first challenge two other Democrats for the primary nomination.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appear during a news conference on 2026 FIFA World Cup transportation at the MTA Rail Control Center in New York City on Thursday, June 4. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The winner of the Michigan Democratic primary will go on to face Republican nominee Mike Rogers in the general election.
"Tonight brings really terrifying evidence of just… how far this cancer has spread and is spreading across and throughout the Democrat Party," Miller said.
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"We've seen in every single race where there is an open Democrat primary, the radical left base of the Democrat Party is electing the most socialist, the most communist, the most lunatic candidates, the more fringe candidates that possibly exist. Every one of them against cops, against ICE, against border patrol, against borders, against jails, for every crazy trans idea, against every single tenet of traditional American values, principles, religion, God, all of it."
Miller went on to insist that President Donald Trump is the only thing standing in the way of the "tyrannical wave of left-wing insanity."
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