{"id":1583644,"date":"2022-08-01T20:40:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T00:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583644"},"modified":"2022-08-01T20:40:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T00:40:41","slug":"made-his-bed-with-the-fascists-democrats-implode-over-andrew-yang-creating-a-new-political-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/made-his-bed-with-the-fascists-democrats-implode-over-andrew-yang-creating-a-new-political-party\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Made His Bed With The Fascists\u2019: Democrats Implode Over Andrew Yang Creating A New Political Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmade-his-bed-with-the-fascists-democrats-implode-over-andrew-yang-creating-a-new-political-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583644&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/yangang-scaled-e1659026345644.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Democratic leaders and progressive influencers say Andrew Yang is a \u201cGOP-funded Trojan Horse\u201d who \u201chas made his bed with the fascists\u201d for creating a new third party that\u00a0seeks to establish a common ground between the right and the left.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Yang,\u00a0former Republican New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and former Republican Congressman David Jolly announced\u00a0their creation of the \u201cnew Forward party,\u201dwhich merges three separate movements claiming to unite Americans from all ends of the political spectrum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cForward\u2019s platform is simple: What policies can foster free people, thriving communities, and vibrant democracy,\u201d a Forward Party spokeswoman told the Daily Caller News Foundation.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multiple Democratic leaders openly expressed outrage over Andrew Yang starting a non-partisan political party, fearing that it will only boost Republicans in future elections.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic leaders and progressive influencers are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrGJackBrown\/status\/1554051815083163655?s=20&#038;t=bt30BAYcLAziOBcQN-FgLQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling<\/a> Andrew Yang a \u201cGOP-funded Trojan horse,\u201d among other insults, and accusing him of threatening democracy by announcing a new third party that claims to seek common ground between the right and the left. Some critics suggested it will only undermine the Democratic party, including one leader at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lindyli\/status\/1553924482254966785?s=20&#038;t=rxENS7XmKQNWcltGXwNRwg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized<\/a> the GOP, calling it a \u201cterrorist organization\u201d on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Yang co-published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/07\/27\/forward-party-new-centrist-third\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">op-ed<\/a> with former Republican New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and former Republican Congressman David Jolly on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/28\/yang-gang-forward-gop-dems-new-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcing<\/a>\u00a0their creation of the \u201cnew Forward party.\u201d This merges three separate movements run by the three founders, all claiming to unite Americans from all ends of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForward\u2019s platform is simple: What policies can foster free people, thriving communities, and vibrant democracy,\u201d a Forward Party spokeswoman told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Still, some Democrats are not convinced by the message. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/24\/andrew-yang-democrats-themselves-blame-supreme-court-roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Andrew Yang Says Democrats Only Have Themselves To Blame For Supreme Court Overturning Roe V. Wade)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The op-ed stated that the party invites Americans \u201cof all stripes \u2014 Democrats, Republicans and independents\u201d \u2014 to be \u201ca part of the process, without abandoning their existing political affiliations, by joining us to discuss building an optimistic and inclusive home for the politically homeless majority.\u201d Two-thirds of American voters believe neither Republican nor Democratic congressional candidates \u201chave the right priorities,\u201d according to\u00a0a CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/19\/politics\/cnn-poll-midterms\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a ride-or-die Democrat. Because you\u2019re either with the Democrats, or you\u2019re with the Fascists,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DashDobrofsky\/status\/1553559220359872513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> progressive activist Dash Dobrofsky, over a video rant about the new party. \u201cYang has made his bed with the Fascists,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m sick of Andrew Yang. I\u2019m sick of the Forward Party. I\u2019m sick of Third Party closet-Republican grifters like Jill Stein &#038; Tulsi Gabbard. I\u2019m a ride-or-die Democrat. Because you\u2019re either with the Democrats, or you\u2019re with the Fascists. Yang has made his bed with the Fascists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n3WiUKVgt2\">pic.twitter.com\/n3WiUKVgt2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dash Dobrofsky (@DashDobrofsky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DashDobrofsky\/status\/1553559220359872513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe only have 1 political party: Dems,\u201d added DNC Women\u2019s Co-chair Lindy Li, who also serves as both the chairs of the Mid-Atlantic Region and Ethnic Council. \u201cGOP is a terrorist org. Either help us defeat them or get the F outta the way,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Strategist James Carville called the new party a \u201creally stupid idea,\u201d in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2022\/07\/30\/james-carville-andrew-yang-political-party-acostanr-sot-vpx.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> with CNN\u2019s Jim Acosta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only possible thing this could do is bleed some moderate Republicans off of whoever the Democratic nominee is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndrew Yang is a GOP funded horse,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrGJackBrown\/status\/1554051815083163655?s=20&#038;t=bt30BAYcLAziOBcQN-FgLQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> progressive body language expert Jack Brown. He previously joined Anderson Cooper in a CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6-sPbXq0Y_s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">segment<\/a> in 2016, casting suspicion over former President Trump\u2019s sniffling during the presidential debates.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Super PAC leader Rachel Bitecofer called Yang\u2019s initiative a \u201cdemocracy-risking vanity project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of us are devoting our lives to beating back an insurgent American fascist movement &#038; Yang insists on launching a vanity project that equates pronouns with actual nazis &#038; helps them seize power,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RachelBitecofer\/status\/1553852735211966464?s=20&#038;t=UUt3fgeLtztWwyehXRs4Jg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bitecofer had previously appeared to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RachelBitecofer\/status\/1352727769826942988?s=20&#038;t=bt30BAYcLAziOBcQN-FgLQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pitch<\/a> herself to Yang for a job on his New York mayoral campaign in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/andrew-gawthorpe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">op-ed<\/a> also criticizing Yang\u2019s new party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democratic party is the only one of the two major parties committed to basic democratic and liberal norms. The problem that ails America is that Republicans are not,\u201d wrote the author, Andrew Gawthorpe, a lecturer at Leiden University in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Democratic National Committee nor The Republican National Committee immediately responded to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic leaders and progressive influencers say Andrew Yang is a \u201cGOP-funded Trojan Horse\u201d who \u201chas made his bed with the fascists\u201d for creating a new third party that\u00a0seeks to establish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1125,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1583644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1583644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1583644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1583644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1583644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}