Pennsylvania Gov.Josh Shapiro said in a Sunday "State of the Union" interview that Democrats must confront a fight over the party's direction after New York Democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated Rep.
Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., in their party's primary."I think what our party has to go through that will be very healthy and something we’ve not really done since the 1992 election cycle is to have a battle over what we believe in," Shapiro said."To have a battle over the ideas that we are going to hold on to and campaign on and then deliver on as a way to make people’s lives better."Shapiro was asked by CNN’s Dana Bash what message he took from Democratic voters in New York choosing three candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whom Bash described as "far left and Democratic socialist candidates."Pennsylvania Gov.
Josh Shapiro said Democrats need a "battle over what we believe in" after socialist-backed candidates won major New York primaries.(Bill Streicher/Imagn Images via Reuters)BILL MAHER'S DIRE MIDTERM ELECTION WARNING TO DEMS AFTER 'REALLY CRAZY' SOCIALISTS WIN PRIMARIES"Those were races in individual districts in a whole other state," Shapiro said.
"I think you’re seeing very different-looking congressional races and certainly different Democratic candidates here in Pennsylvania."The Pennsylvania Democrat said candidates who generate activist enthusiasm will now have to show they can govern."I think what is important are the people who are making a lot of noise, who are engaging in these performative politics, have to now figure out how to deliver results," Shapiro said.Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated longtime Rep.Adriano Espaillat in New York’s 13th Congressional District Democratic primary.
(Michael M.Santiago/Getty Images; Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)FETTERMAN UNLEASHES ON 'DIRTBAG' WING OF DEMS AFTER FAR-LEFT VICTORIES: 'ORGY OF SOCIALISM'Shapiro said camp...