Vice President JD Vance warned that the Democratic Party is surrendering to its "most-radical fringes" following a wave of local victories by self-described progressive and socialist candidates.Speaking on "Fox & Friends Weekend," Vance argued that Democrats learned the wrong lesson following their 2024 election loss."My genuine hope was that the lesson the Democrats learned from the 2024 election is maybe we should stop being so crazy," Vance said Saturday."And unfortunately, the lesson that Democrats seem to have learned from the 2024 election is to lean into the most radical fringes of their party."JD VANCE UNCOVERS THE HIDDEN WHITE HOUSE DRESS CODE PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTS FROM HIS INNER CIRCLEVice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference in the James S.
Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 18, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)His comments come after a wave of socialist candidates won high-profile races nationwide.
Janeese Lewis George, a socialist member of the Washington, D.C., City Council, won Thursday's Democratic mayoral primary in the nation's capital.Last month, Maine progressive Graham Platner appeared alongside Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a "Fighting Oligarchy" rally.
Platner has since won the Democratic Senate nomination and will face Republican Sen.Susan Collins in November.New York City's socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, also teamed up with Sanders for a get-out-the-vote event in Brooklyn this week.
The two supported several socialist and progressive candidates ahead of Tuesday's New York primaries.SOCIALISTS CHEER 'SHOCKWAVE' PRIMARY NIGHT AS DSA-BACKED CANDIDATES WIN, ADVANCE ACROSS THE MAPNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, left, hugs Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during an address marking his first 100 days in office at the Knockdown Center, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in New York.
(Andres Kudacki/AP Photo)But Vance said the latest party shift has left many moderate Democrat...