Co-hosts of the "Pod Save America" podcast spoke about the shockwaves in the Democratic Party after multiple democratic socialist candidates won their primaries in New York and warned that some of their views range from "moronic to abhorrent."Democratic socialist candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier was one of three candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani who won shocking primary victories in New York last week.Her history of controversial far-left rhetoric and policies has caused a wave of outrage among more traditional Democratic figures, such as strategist James Carville, who said, "There’s just some sh-- that I can’t be in the same tent with" as he proposed a formal schism and declared, "And I'm not in that f---ing political party.""Pod Save America" host Jon Favreau, a former Obama speechwriter, played a clip of Carville's condemnation, as well as reactions from other Democrats, and turned to co-host Dan Pfeiffer for his thoughts."No one should dismiss this," Pfeiffer said of the incumbents who lost their seats to far-left challengers.AOC ISSUES WARNING TO HER FELLOW DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS IN THE WAKE OF SOCIALISTS WINNING BIG IN NYCCongressional candidate Claire Valdez, Congressional candidate Brad Lander, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier raise their hands during a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) rally at King's Theater on June 18, 2026, in New York City.
(Michael M.Santiago/Getty Images)"I think the thing we should take away is, like so much else that's happening in this country, when progressives beat establishment candidates — in the Second District of Maine, in the California race where Randy Villegas won, Graham Platner forcing Janet Mills out of the race — like, there's a giant warning sign for the Democratic establishment here," he said.
"Where the support of people like Schumer or even Hakeem Jeffries is certainly not an asset in your campaign.It may be a detriment."He continued by suggesting,...