{"id":2570608,"date":"2026-02-17T11:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-must-deliver-less-chaotic-results-guy-benson\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:26:01","slug":"democrats-must-deliver-less-chaotic-results-guy-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-must-deliver-less-chaotic-results-guy-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats must deliver \u2018less chaotic results&#8217;: Guy Benson"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdemocrats-must-deliver-less-chaotic-results-guy-benson%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=2570608&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--><p>&#8211; The Washington Examiner piece, attributed to senior columnist Guy Benson, argues that Democrats recognize they must \u201cdeliver less chaotic results\u201d to regain power, framing this as a strategic shift.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Benson discusses Hillary Clinton\u2019s remarks at the Munich Security conference, which acknowledged a legitimate debate on immigration but said the current approach has gone too far and needs humane, secure reforms. He questions whether Clinton or other moderates truly believe these positions or are speaking for electoral gain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the article suggests Democrats may publicly advocate moderate stances on issues like immigration while pursuing agendas designed to win elections and consolidate power, leaving motives somewhat unclear.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Benson also covers sparring within the Democratic camp, noting Governor Gavin Newsom as a potential 2028 candidate and characterizing him as a shape-shifting figure who tests messaging for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-covid-numbers-now-shift-for-bidens-benefit\/\" title=\"Will COVID Numbers Now Shift for Biden\u2019s Benefit?\">political advantage<\/a>. Spanberger\u2019s political trajectory in Virginia is described as moving from perceived moderation to a harder-left stance after taking office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Virginia political landscape is highlighted by a state Supreme Court ruling that could allow a statewide referendum on redrawing the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >congressional map mid-decade<\/a>, which Democrats hope will yield additional House seats; Democrats have signaled they will pursue the ballot initiative aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece cites Byron York\u2019s analysis that Spanberger\u2019s actions align more with progressive leadership than with the moderate image she projected during campaigning,noting promises on taxes,healthcare,and childcare and the need to fund them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the article portrays internal Democratic tensions between moderates and progressives and frames electoral considerations as driving shifts in messaging and policy, with broader implications for national politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats recognize they must &lsquo;deliver less chaotic results&rsquo; to regain power: Guy Benson<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2500189\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4459811\/democrats-go-scorched-earth-redistricting\/\">Guy Benson<\/a> expressed skepticism over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s take on border security and immigration on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton said Saturday at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4457545\/transgender-lawmaker-sarah-mcbride-hillary-clinton-girls-rights-forum\/\">the Munich Security Conference<\/a> there is &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-blast-trumps-federal-layoff-plans-ahead-of-the-shutdown\/\" title=\"... blast Trump&#039;s federal layoff plans ahead of the shutdown\">legitimate reason&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to debate issues such as immigration, but added that it &ldquo;went too far&rdquo; and needs to be fixed &ldquo;in a humane way with secure borders that don&rsquo;t torture and kill people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4457774\/kevin-kiley-election-crossroads-rebuking-trump-tariffs\/\">Kevin Kiley faces election crossroads as he rebukes Trump&#8217;s tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4458067\/liability-foil-trump-susan-collins-reelection-maine\/\">Liability or useful foil? Trump takes center stage in Susan Collins reelection fight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4457705\/trump-pushes-michael-whatley-north-carolina-senate-fort-bragg\/\">Trump pushes Michael Whatley&#8217;s North Carolina Senate bid during Fort Bragg troop visit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>However, Benson said he is &ldquo;not sure&rdquo; whether Clinton or other Democrats who voice more moderate stances on issues like immigration are &ldquo;true believers.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think they recognize that they need to say these things and deliver less chaotic results for the electorate for the purpose of winning elections and gaining power,&rdquo; Benson said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>. &ldquo;Now that&rsquo;s a question of motives. It&rsquo;s impossible to know what&rsquo;s happening in her heart. I just didn&rsquo;t see her making comments like this publicly when her party was in charge, when it was spinning out of control, then Trump ran on this, won on this, [and] suddenly she&rsquo;s got a message for the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3379236&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=6f807da0dfe37dd91bb541f62e1bcf58\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Benson added that Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/4458000\/debate-california-wealth-tax-billionaires-eye-exit\/\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA), who is seen as a possible candidate to seek the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4457961\/republicans-dont-want-hear-trump-state-of-union\/\">White House<\/a> in 2028, will &ldquo;pick up on anything that he wants to&rdquo; to win. He also described Newsom as a &ldquo;shape-shifting character&rdquo; every week.<\/p>\n<p>Benson also cited the recent political news in Virginia, where Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) sounded &ldquo;very sensible and somewhat moderate&rdquo; on the campaign trail and shifted to &ldquo;go hard left,&rdquo; once she took office.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4459345\/trump-slams-loser-gavin-newsom-uk-energy-deal-inappropriate\/\"><strong>TRUMP SLAMS &lsquo;LOSER&rsquo; NEWSOM&rsquo;S ENERGY DEAL WITH UK AS &lsquo;INAPPROPRIATE&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4457454\/virginia-supreme-court-gives-go-ahead-statewide-referendum-redistricting\/\">a statewide vote that could allow the Democratic state legislature to redraw<\/a> the state&rsquo;s congressional map mid-decade, giving the party four additional House seats. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4458780\/democrats-pass-virginia-redistricting-plan-jeffries\/\">Democrats will do &ldquo;whatever it takes&rdquo;<\/a> to pass the ballot initiative on April 21.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>chief political correspondent Byron York said last week that Spanberger&rsquo;s actions as governor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4451428\/spanberger-actions-progressive-democrat-byron-york\/\">are those of a &ldquo;progressive Democratic leader,&rdquo;<\/a> contrary to how her campaign portrayed her. He cited her support to raise taxes in his explanation, adding that the governor has made &ldquo;big promises&rdquo; on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spanbergers-actions-mimic-a-progressive-democrat-byron-york\/\" title=\"Spanberger&#039;s actions mimic &#039;a progressive Democrat&#039;: Byron York\">state-supported healthcare<\/a> and child care and needs to find funding &ldquo;somewhere.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dems seek steadier outcomes; Benson questions Clinton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2570609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26047440059853-e1771336238321.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[50397,3685,51418,5894],"class_list":["post-2570608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-chaos-2","tag-democrats","tag-governance-2","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26047440059853-e1771336238321.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570608","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570617,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570608\/revisions\/2570617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}