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部分温和派议员已试图与党内动向保持距离
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发布于2026年6月29日 美国东部时间下午6:34
社会主义浪潮令民主党陷入身份认同危机，初选临近之际裂痕加剧
福克斯新闻首席国会通讯员查德·珀格拉姆报道民主党内部日益加剧的分裂，温和派议员对日益增多的社会主义者初选胜利发出警告。
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这是一场民主党身份认同危机。
美国民主社会主义者正势头强劲，此前一周在纽约民主党初选中获胜。他们在多个国会席位选举中胜出——击败了众议员阿德里亚诺·埃斯帕利亚（D-N.Y.）和丹·戈德曼（D-N.Y.）——这表明民主党已准备好摒弃陈腐老路。
埃斯帕利亚曾担任国会西班牙裔核心小组主席。戈德曼是总统唐纳德·特朗普首次弹劾案期间众议院的关键幕僚。
“就连丹·戈德曼都不够符合他们的标准，”众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹（R-Ohio）在福克斯节目中表示，“这说明党内极端化已经到了何种地步。”
获得马姆达尼支持的社会主义者在初选获胜后，计划将纽约模式推广至全国
民主党左翼阵营已跃升至全美竞争最激烈的初选前列。（迈克尔·M·桑提亚哥/盖蒂图片社摄）
部分温和派民主党人正试图与左翼保持距离。
“那不是我们秉持的政治理念，我们不是那样的民主党人，”代表摇摆选区的众议员汤姆·苏奥齐（D-N.Y.）说道。
“出现了一批新的民主社会主义者，他们是社会主义者，不是通情达理的民主党人。他们无意推动法案落地，只想制造事端，而非真正解决问题，”众议员乔希·戈特海默（D-N.J.）表示。
向左急转：获马姆达尼支持的候选人将建制派民主党人赶下台
部分民主党人担忧左翼候选人比中间派更受关注。众议员克里斯汀·麦克唐纳·里维特（D-Mich.）担心左翼阵营获得的过多关注会给选民留下错误印象。
“选民不希望看到分裂，他们不想听争吵和叫嚣，”麦克唐纳·里维特说道。
主流民主党人陷入两难境地，左翼——尤其是纽约市左翼——掌握着远超其规模的媒体和政治话语权。
“在我所在的弗吉尼亚州，这类候选人根本不可能获胜，”众议员苏哈斯·苏布拉马尼亚姆（D-Va.）说道。
众议员汤姆·苏奥齐（D-N.Y.）是试图与党内激进派保持距离的温和派民主党人之一。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社摄）
共和党人认为他们已准备好将中期选举议题全国化。共和党可以通过突出在纽约市初选中获胜的民主社会主义者的极端观点来实现这一目标。共和党希望将对手描绘成向左极端倾斜的代表。
“他们都是持证共产党人，对吧？”参议员罗杰·马歇尔（R-Kan.）问道，“他们想要废除警察，想要取消私有财产。”
特朗普总统利用其家乡的选举结果大做文章。
“民主党麻烦大了，因为这股风潮不会止步于纽约，”他预言道。
获马姆达尼支持的国会候选人获胜，凸显民主党内部日益加剧的裂痕
这场动荡迫使进步派领导人要求领导层变革。
“我认为，人们会投票支持新的领导层，改变他们的代表人选，”众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹（D-N.Y.）说道。
民主党指派参议员埃利萨·斯洛特金（D-Mich.）就特朗普总统2025年国情咨文发表正式回应。斯洛特金是温和派议员，2024年在摇摆选区胜出——尽管特朗普总统在密歇根州获胜。但在接受SiriusXM电台采访时，斯洛特金坚称民主党需要更换领导层。
“如果有人意识不到游戏规则已彻底改变，无法适应新形势，那他们就应该让位，”斯洛特金说道，“旧模式已经不再适用于民众。”
众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（D-N.Y.）因其支持的候选人在纽约市初选中落败，被共和党视为脆弱目标。（罗伯托·施密特/盖蒂图片社摄）
共和党人认为，在美国民主社会主义者协会推选的候选人击败众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（D-N.Y.）支持的人选后，杰弗里斯处境岌岌可危。
“我认为哈基姆·杰弗里斯的乡亲们给了他一个大大的中指，”众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默（R-Ky.）说道，“如果在自己的家乡输掉三场选举，那无疑是一记响亮的耳光。”
他补充称，民主党“正在越来越向左偏移，直至彻底沦为持证在册的社会主义者”。
还有部分候选人持反以色列、反犹太甚至部分反犹主义立场。众议员格雷格·兰兹曼（D-Ohio）是来自摇摆选区的温和派民主党人，他是犹太人，也是众议院最支持以色列的议员之一。
“左翼部分人士利用以色列问题，就像右翼部分人士利用移民或跨性别儿童问题一样，试图制造分裂，我认为这非常糟糕，也绝非选民希望我们讨论的议题，”兰兹曼说道。
众议院民主党人就社会主义者获胜是否威胁民主党团结接受盘问时大发雷霆
本人与前众议院民主党核心小组主席、康涅狄格州众议员约翰·拉尔森（D-Conn.）发生争执。我就“部分候选人过于激进”一事追问该党将采取何种应对措施。
“你这话是什么意思？那是你的说法。纽约选民已经投票了，对吧？”拉尔森反问道。
我向他确认选举确实已经举行。
“那算不算民主？”拉尔森问道。
“但其中部分人有反犹主义倾向，”我反驳道。
“那算不算民主？”拉尔森继续反问道。
“如果有人持有反犹主义观点，你会支持他们吗？”我追问道。
拉尔森最终回应了我的问题。他的回答点明了民主党如今面临的分裂局面。
“我反对反犹主义，这就是你的问题的答案，”拉尔森明确表示。
众议员约翰·拉尔森（D-Conn.）就其所在政党新一届议员可能存在的观点与福克斯新闻记者查德·珀格拉姆发生激烈争执。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-滚石公司 via 盖蒂图片社摄）
民主党如今面临这场辩论，挤占了他们在经济议题上的宝贵时间。
兰兹曼认为，选民更希望候选人聚焦食品杂货和汽油价格等民生问题。
戈特海默也认同民生议题才是重点。
“我们应该专注于真正解决这类问题的办法，而不是在这里照搬茶党策略，试图分裂国家，寄希望于社会主义理念，”戈特海默说道。
那么民主党该何去何从？
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“他们是我们的提名候选人。我们会支持他们，欢迎他们加入。他们将成为我们党团的一员，我们会团结在杰弗里斯领袖身后，”监督委员会首席民主党议员、加州众议员罗伯特·加西亚（D-Calif.）说道。
但这并未解决党内裂痕问题，也未回应选民对该党的看法，更无法确定这些新晋民主党提名候选人是否会为党筹集资金并为全体民主党人发声。或者，他们会不会成为专职的“麻烦制造者”——就像右翼阵营曾经经历过的那样。
“当越来越多只为追求政治名气、热衷于争斗、哗众取宠的极端候选人当选后，推动法案落地将变得更加困难，”南达科他州众议员达斯蒂·约翰逊（R-S.D.）断言。
共和党本周自身也状况糟糕——例如，总统唐纳德·特朗普与参议员比尔·卡西迪（R-La.）就伊朗问题爆发激烈争吵。（奇普·索莫代维拉/盖蒂图片社；泰勒·考夫曼/盖蒂图片社摄）
共和党度过了极其糟糕的一周。由于党内分歧，众议院共和党领导人不得不撤回多项法案，提前让议员返乡。特朗普总统与路易斯安那州参议员比尔·卡西迪（R-La.）就伊朗问题爆发激烈争吵。总统甚至威胁否决两党住房法案。尽管助手们大力推介该法案，众议院共和党人还在国家Statuary Hall布置了签署仪式场地，特朗普总统还是拒绝在国会签署该法案。
总统将该住房法案形容为“无聊透顶”。
但民主党内部的分裂可能已经盖过了共和党内部的派系斗争。
“虽然共和党本周表现不佳，但我认为民主党本周处境更糟，原因就是这些初选结果，”佛罗里达州众议员马里奥·迪亚斯-巴拉特（R-Fla.）评价道。
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民主党当然会主打经济议题，并利用特朗普总统就住房等基本问题发表的言论造势。但真正的政策辩论能否盖过全国范围内民众对进步派的担忧？
政治中情绪与观感主导一切。如果共和党人将纽约发生的事情照搬并复制到全美摇摆选区，对民主党而言可能会是一场灾难。
查德·珀格拉姆目前担任福克斯新闻频道（FNC）首席国会通讯员。他于2007年9月加入该电视台，总部位于华盛顿特区。
Emotion and feelings: How Democratic Socialists’ congressional insurgency could come back to bite them
2026-06-29 18:34 EDT / Fox News
Some moderates are already trying to keep their distance from what’s going on in their party
By Chad Pergram Fox News
Published June 29, 2026 6:34pm EDT
Socialist surge plunges Democratic Party into identity crisis as primaries loom
Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the mounting fracture within the Democratic Party as moderate members raise alarms over growing socialist primary victories.
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It’s a Democratic identity crisis.
Democratic Socialists of America are on the charge, running hot off their wins in the New York Democratic primaries last week. Their victories in multiple Congressional seats – felling both Reps. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and Dan Goldman, D-N.Y. – signals that the party is ready to move on from the same old, same old.
Espaillat chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Goldman was a key House staffer during the first impeachment of President Donald Trump.
“Even Dan Goldman’s not good enough for them,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Fox. “That is how radical it’s become.”
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The left flank of the Democratic Party has surged to the top of the nation’s most hotly-contested primaries.(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Some moderate Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the left.
“That’s not the same brand of politics that we have. We’re not those type of Democrats,” said Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., who represents a battleground district.
“There’s a new group of Democratic Socialists who are socialists who are not commonsense Democrats. Who are not interested in getting things done. They’re interested in throwing bombs. Not actually solving problems,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.
LURCHING LEFT: MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATES OUST ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS
Some Democrats are worried how far left candidates command more attention than those in the middle. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Mich., worries that the outsized attention garnered by the left sends the wrong impression to voters.
“What they don’t want is divisiveness. They don’t want screaming and yelling,” said McDonald Rivet.
Mainstream Democrats feel trapped in the middle as the left – specifically the New York City left – wields an outsized media and political megaphone.
“Those candidates would not have won in Virginia where I live,” said Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va.
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., is among the moderate Democrats trying to distance themselves from the party’s insurgent wing.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Republicans believe they are primed to nationalize the midterms. Republicans can do that by highlighting the extreme views of Democratic Socialists who captured primary victories in New York City. The GOP wants to portray their opponents as veering left.
“These are board-certified communists, right?” asked Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan. “They want no police. They want no private property.”
President Trump capitalized on the Democratic outcomes in his home city.
“The Democrat party is in big trouble because this isn’t stopping with New York,” he forecast.
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This shakeup has progressive leaders demanding transformation at the top.
“You’re going to see, I think, people voting for new leadership and to change their representation,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
The Democratic Party tapped Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., to deliver their official response to President Trump’s 2025 State of the Union speech. Slotkin is a moderate who won in a battleground race in 2024 – even as the President prevailed in the Wolverine State. But during an appearance on SiriusXM, Slotkin insists on a Democratic Party management switch.
“If people can’t understand that the game has fundamentally changed and they can’t adapt, then they need to let others,” said Slotkin. “The old models do not work for people.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is perceived by Republicans as vulnerable after his preferred candidates failed in their congressional primaries.(Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
Republicans believe House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is vulnerable after the DSA elected their candidates over his preferred picks in New York City.
“I think Hakeem Jeffries’ friends and neighbors gave him a big middle finger,” said House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. “If you lose three elections in your hometown, that’s a pretty big slap in the face.”
He added that Democrats “are going further and further to the left to the point where they are full-blown, card-carrying socialists.”
And then there is the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish, and in some cases, antisemitic take by some of these candidates. Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, is a moderate Democrat from a swing district. He’s Jewish and one of the most pro-Israel Democrats in the House.
“There are some on the left who use Israel the way that some on the right use immigrants or trans kids as a way to divide. And I think it’s terrible. It’s also just not what voters want us talking about,” said Landsman.
HOUSE DEMOCRAT LASHES OUT WHEN GRILLED ON WHETHER SOCIALIST VICTORIES WOULD THREATEN DEM UNITY
Yours truly tangled with Rep. John Larson, D-Conn. – who once chaired the House Democratic Caucus. I pressed him about what the party would do about some candidates “who are too far to the left.”
“What does that mean? That’s your statement. Did the people of New York vote?” queried Larson.
I assured him that they did.
“Is that democracy?” asked Larson.
“But if some of them are antisemitic,” I countered.
“Is that a democracy?” continued Larson.
“Will you stand by people if they have antisemitic views?” I followed up.
Larson finally addressed my inquiry. His answer crystallized the schism the Democratic Party now faces.
“I’m against antisemitism, if that’s your question,” Larson declared.
Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., got into a heated exchange with Fox News’ Chad Pergram over the views of some likely members of his party’s next freshman class.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The fact that Democrats are now facing this debate robs them of valuable time on economic issues.
Landsman argued that voters would prefer candidates to stick to groceries and the price of gas.
Gottheimer echoed Landsman on kitchen table subjects.
“We should be focused on ways to actually solve problems like that. Not coming in here and using tea party tactics and trying to divide up the country and pray to socialist ideals,” said Gottheimer.
So what is the party to do?
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“They’re our nominees. We’re going to support them. We’re going to welcome them. They’re going to be part of our caucus and we’re going to unite behind Leader Jeffries,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the Oversight panel.
But that doesn’t address the fissures. It doesn’t address how voters may perceive the party. And it doesn’t establish if these new Democratic nominees will work on behalf of the party to raise money and advocate for Democrats across the board. Or, will they become professional bomb throwers – ala what the right has endured for a while.
“It’s going to be a lot harder to get things done when you get more and more extreme candidates who are here because they’re interested in political celebrity. They are interested in fighting. They are interested in making points,” asserted Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D.
Republicans have had an abysmal week themselves – President Donald Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., for instance, got into a shouting match over Iran.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images)
Republicans suffered through an absolutely abysmal week. House GOP leaders had to yank multiple bills off the floor and send lawmakers home early because of internal disputes. President Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., got into a shouting match about Iran. And the president even threatened to veto a bipartisan housing bill. President Trump then refused to sign the bill at the Capitol, despite his aides touting the bill and House Republicans tricking out Statuary Hall for a signing ceremony.
The President characterized the housing bill as “a yawn.”
But the Democrats’ internal fractures may have superseded any internecine fighting among Republicans.
“While it’s not been a great week for Republicans, I think it’s been a much worse week for Democrats because of these primary elections,” observed Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.
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Democrats will certainly run on economic issues and capitalize on statements by the President about basic issues like housing. But will a genuine policy debate outweigh fears about progressives nationwide?
Emotion and feelings rule in politics. And it could be a problem for Democrats if Republicans appropriate what happened in New York and Xerox it onto battleground districts across the country.
Chad Pergram currently serves as Chief Congressional Correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.