Since November 5, 2024, the Democrat party has been, well, a hot mess. And while Republicans are having a grand time watching them squirm, let's be honest, there is also an aspect of fascination at watching it all because they just keep digging their hole deeper. They are completely out of touch with average Americans and the everyday issues they care about and have lost the ability to even communicate with them. Their dilemma: While "official" leadership, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries fumble about, the real leaders of the party refuse to back off the far-left views that doomed the party in 2024, and it definitely will not help them in 2026.
AOC is launching an "Abolish ICE" campaign...because defunding the police worked so well for the American left. It appears that SpaceX is not the only organization facing "rapid unscheduled disassembly." pic.twitter.com/56udtYWqA2
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 28, 2025
The deportation of millions of illegal immigrants, many of whom are dangerous criminals, has been job one for the Trump administration. But for Democrats, there is a sharp divide. Jeffries recently made a milquetoast pre-midterm election statement that, “We need to secure the border [and] make sure that it is safe and strong.” Then there are those like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), who is not backing off her calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
On Monday, in a campaign email, she again called for the agency to be abolished. The email read in part, “I believe that ICE, an agency that was just formed in 2003 during the Patriot Act era, is a rogue agency that should not exist." AOC's demands to abolish the agency are, of course, not new. During Trump's first term, a handful of Democrats shouted about dismantling ICE, but with the 2026 elections looming, and the state of disarray the party is in, the cry of "Abolish ICE!" has been largely silent, with some Democrats trying to distance themselves from it.
But as usual, AOC and the rest of her party are simply not listening to voters. A January Axios/Ipsos poll showed that 87 percent of voters wanted illegal immigrants, especially those with criminal records, deported, including Democrats. Democrats did, however, manage to show a bit of good faith when they helped pass the Laken Riley Act in January. Sen. Rueben Gallego (D-AZ) co-sponsored the bill in the Senate. But is it enough to convince voters that they really do want to send illegal immigrants packing, or is it all just lip service?
One of the people Democrats should be listening to instead of AOC and her squad buddies, but are not and will not, is long-time Democrat strategist James Carville. In an interview with Piers Morgan, Carville bluntly laid it out, saying,
“Every person in history that has listened, not just to the far-left in the United States but anybody in the West, that pays attention to the far-left has lived to regret it. These people have never been right about a single thing. Nothing, and they keep running their mouths.”
Carville added that Democrats face-planted in 2024 because former President Joe Biden listened to the far left of the party. But now, as we are finding out, was it really Joe Biden listening to the far left, or was the far left, with the help of the autopen, just carrying out their agenda unsupervised?
AOC’s push to abolish ICE is dangerous nonsense. Scrapping an agency that deports criminals and secures borders is reckless. Her radical stance puts Americans at risk. pic.twitter.com/0EuO49beQ0
— 𝐃𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐇 (@pr0ud_americans) May 28, 2025
But Democrats will have a bigger problem than ignoring the Ragin' Cajun on their hands with AOC as the de facto leader of the Democrat party, along with her squad buddies, and Jasmine Crockett in 2026. They are not going to come off radical left ideas like abolishing ICE. You can bet they are still on board with goofy stuff like defund the police. Having a very vocal socialist wing of the party will be just one more serious problem for Democrats.
National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella summed up what is, at least for now, the fate of the Democrat party, saying,
“House Democrat Minority Leader AOC is doubling down on their party’s most extreme, unhinged agenda, while the rest of her party is bending their knee to the radical wing. At this rate, the Democrat platform in 2026 will be a fever dream of defunding the police, wide open borders, and far-left hellscapes.”
To paraphrase, when your enemy is shooting themselves in the foot, get out of the way and let them.
🆘My Friends &Fellow Americans.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls to Abolish ICE in Latest Campaign Pitch~\ ICE enforces our IMMIGRATION LAWS ,AOC is AGAINST ENFORCING LAWS.AOC’s NY district is crawling with ILLEGAL ALIENS.PROSTITUTES &the 18th Street Gang✅🇺🇸 https://t.co/n4T8VCsOXJ
— Glenn Roth (@groth1945) May 28, 2025
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