Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a few messages for Democrats about how to get back on course and take on MAGA over the next two years.
In particular, he argued, Donald Trump has a specific trait that Democrats could afford to look at for their own style.
"Mayor de Blasio ... how do they regroup, both in terms of candidates and strategy for 2026, 2028?" asked anchor Alex Marquardt.
"Well first, I got to tell you, I've talked to Democrats all over the country, and I'm very struck by how purposeful they are about regrouping, because even though it does sting intensely, we saw the possibility we were going to be defeated this time. We didn't see it coming in 2016. I think people were more ready for it, we understand a lot about how to confront the excesses of Donald Trump. So one, I think there's a kind of roll up your sleeves, we got work to do, reality that a lot of people are feeling. That's a good thing."
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On the other hand, de Blasio continued, "We've got to be more honest."
"Part of what happened here is the American people were p---ed off that they felt the Democratic Party was covering for Joe Biden," he said. "They were already upset with Joe Biden on a substantive level — not always fairly, but they were on things like inflation. And people are hurting. And, look, I'll take my share of the blame. I mean, I wanted to believe Joe Biden could make it through. He was a great president in many ways. I wanted to believe he could hang on. But it stood to reason that he should not continue as our candidate. It stood to reason that one term was right. And a lot of Democrats kind of kept their mouths shut. And I think people felt, out in the country, a little betrayed by that."
"So this time, why don't we be the party of bluntness and authenticity?" de Blasio added. "Why don't we take, ironically, a page from Donald Trump's book and be a little blunter and a little less worried about diplomatic language? And I think if we speak authentically to what people are going through and fight back, I actually think our prospects are pretty good in 2026, certainly to take back the House and then build from there."
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