Former Clinton pollster Doug Schoen stated on Fox News Thursday that he’s barely holding on to his party membership as the far-left moves away from its core values. Democratic Party members have come under scrutiny for their actions during President Donald Trump’s address on Tuesday, particularly when Secret Service Director Sean Curran honored DJ Daniel, a 13-year-old battling brain cancer, with honorary credentials — a significant moment that Democrats failed to acknowledge.
During an appearance on The Ingraham Angle, host Laura Ingraham asked Schoen if he anticipates some Democrats, including Democratic Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, switching parties. “I certainly think that is possible, if you look at what he’s said and what he’s done. It’s clear he’s uncomfortable in the Democratic Party, as frankly I am,” Schoen told Ingraham. “I disagree with the Republicans on a lot of things. They go further than I would go. So I cling to my membership in the Democratic Party, but it’s not the same party.”
Schoen expressed his hope for discussions on policy between the parties. “It isn’t the party of John F. Kennedy or Bill Clinton. Moderates are really not welcome. And I wish we could have the kind of discussion about issues that most of us want, that President Trump, I think, was inviting from the opposition, that is sadly absent,” Schoen added. “It’s a woke, far-left party that I really have very little in common with, with the party that I helped build and [helped] re-elect, proudly, Bill Clinton.”
Earlier, Schoen said he remained with the Democratic Party, but he added it is currently irrelevant unless it addresses critical voter concerns. “I disagree with many of the policies that President Trump so articulately outlined, and I think he’s gone too far.
“But that being said, my party is not doing what Bill Clinton did when the Gingrich revolution came in 1994, which is to offer a set of alternatives that recognize the American people want border security, a reduction in inflation, tougher policies on crime, and immigration reform. Until we do that as a party, we Democrats remain irrelevant, sadly,” Schoen noted further.