Chris Cuomo: Shutdown Dynamics Herald The Democratic Party’s Demise

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo warned on Wednesday that some of the intra-party dynamics he’d seen among Democrats — both during and immediately following the government shutdown — had led him to believe he was witnessing the end of the Democratic Party.

Cuomo delivered the assessment — along with some of the evidence he’d weighed to get there — in a short monologue, saying that he believed the far Left was quickly taking over the reins of power and the moderates would soon be forced out entirely.

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“I’m not impressed by the history of this being the longest government shutdown, it’s a regrettable history,” he began. “I think this is a historic moment for another reason: I think the Democratic Party, as we know it, is about to end. I think that this is the birth of the new Left.”

Cuomo went on to point out the comments that came from House members on the far Left as it became clear that enough Senate Democrats would vote with Republicans to end the shutdown, and suggested that when they were willing to call out members of their own party as “traitors,” the eventual split was inevitable.

“I think the reason that you see so many high-profile Democrats, especially in the House, accusing the Democratic senators for ending the shutdown of basically being traitors,” he continued. “Did you hear AOC? She was literally accusing them of a conspiracy, and she said, ‘in exchange for nothing.’ It’s really interesting to me. It makes so little sense on the merits that I have to believe it’s a ploy.”

Cuomo pointed out that it would essentially be a losing argument to claim they should have kept the shutdown going despite the increasing number of Americans suffering from its impact.

“That’s not an easy thing to want more of,” he added. “So was there some deal on the table that we don’t know about?”

If not, he argued, “What this really is, is a line in the sand for them. That we’re not with them anymore.”

Cuomo went on to argue that “capitulation” from the party in the majority — in this case, the Republicans — “has never happened” when it was the minority party keeping the government shut down and making demands.

“I get why you would want to believe that something could happen,” he added, tying in the Democratic socialists as he explained that the only logical conclusion was a fairly simple one: “They want to divide the party. They want maybe to blow up the party, get new leaders, and a new direction.”