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Republicans see opportunity in progressives’ primary wins while Democrats embrace debate
Republicans cast the wins as proof of Democratic extremism, while some Democrats say the party should include left-wing voices in its future.
- On Sunday, Republicans framed recent primary wins by progressive candidates as evidence of extremism, citing victories by Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed and Florida's Angie Nixon in the Democratic Party primary races.
- South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott called the Democratic left wing "dangerous, radical, and, frankly, weird" on NBC's "Meet the Press." Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Republicans described the party as "crazy" and dominated by the Democratic Socialists of America.
- Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, argued Nixon's nomination "will bring Republicans out to vote specifically against her" because voters "don't want her radical policies" on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."
- Countering the attacks, Maryland Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen argued the DSA should be included in party discussions, telling "Meet the Press" that voters "don't want to simply return to the pre-Trump status quo."
- Massachusetts Democrat Representative Jake Auchincloss warned on "Fox News Sunday" that the party establishment must demonstrate support for a pro-middle-class agenda based on "free enterprise, free minds, freedom from fear, and free elections.
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