MS NOW host Rachel Maddow told ABC’s “The View” Wednesday that she hopes there will be a “big fight” between moderate and socialist members of the Democratic Party in Congress.
While promoting her new book “Department of Fate,” Maddow discussed recent calls from some progressive senators to replace Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., once Democrats take control of the Senate in January.
Those calling for new leadership included Democratic senators-elect Adam Hamilton of Kansas, Troy Jackson of Maine and Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan.
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Though some Democrats have expressed concerns about infighting within the party, Maddow dismissed those concerns and welcomed the idea of moderate Democrats debating socialists.
“I feel like the Democrats have kind of first-world problems right now,” Maddow joked, adding, “There was so much talk ahead of the election about ‘Oh there’s these handful of democratic socialist-associated candidates. How are the Democrats going to do?’ Well, the Democrats elected so many people. Yes, they elected a handful of Democratic Socialists, but also the Blue Dog coalition, which is the conservative Democrats. They have like a dozen new members too.”
Maddow argued that the Democratic Party now includes members with a wide range of political views and that debate could strengthen the party.
“I think that it’s righteous for them to have a big fight. I hope they don’t settle it instantly. I hope they actually do have a debate. I think competition makes us stronger,” she said.
Fox News Digital reached out to Schumer’s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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Maddow’s comments came one day after “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg called out congressional Democrats publicly debating whether to replace Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., as party leaders.
“This is my two cents,” Goldberg said. “I don’t want to hear this from you right now. I want to know what all of you are, all of you Democrats, what are your plans for the first 100 days? I don’t care if you’ve been there forever or just got there. What are your plans?”
“We put you in there to clean house, to make sure that the government works the way the people want it to work,” she added. “I don’t want to hear all this infighting because then you become the distraction, and then you become no better than the Republicans were. So just get your stuff together. All of you.”
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Democratic strategist and pollster Doug Schoen disagreed with Maddow’s assessment.
“It’s clear the Dems won an overwhelming victory because of moderates not progressives. The American people are demanding action on the affordability crisis, not intraparty infighting between progressives and moderates,” Schoen told Fox News Digital.
