{"id":2619611,"date":"2026-06-26T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-top-democrats-too-afraid-to-fight-socialist-insurgency\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:24:16","slug":"trump-top-democrats-too-afraid-to-fight-socialist-insurgency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-top-democrats-too-afraid-to-fight-socialist-insurgency\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Top Democrats too &#8216;afraid&#8217; to fight socialist insurgency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Ftrump-top-democrats-too-afraid-to-fight-socialist-insurgency%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=2619611&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>President Donald Trump criticized Democrats, notably Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer, accusing them of being afraid to oppose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-wilson-introduce-bill-targeting-china-creep-on-campus\/\" title=\"Rubio, Wilson Introduce Bill Targeting China Creep on Campus\">growing influence<\/a> of the socialist Left. Trump claimed that Democratic candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor zohran mamdani triumphed over establishment figures, signaling a shift towards socialism within the party. He argued that Democrats are unwilling to fight back against this trend,which he considers a major threat to the United States. Trump emphasized that communism poses the most serious threat to the country and criticized Democratic leadership for avoiding confrontation with socialist candidates due to fear of losing primaries. He also highlighted recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-minority-leader-mccarthy-speaks-highly-of-president-trump-after-previous-critical-comments\/\" title=\"House Minority Leader McCarthy speaks highly of ... Trump after previous critical comments\">primary elections<\/a> in New York where Mamdani-backed candidates ousted incumbent Democrats, causing concern among moderate Democrats about the party\u2019s future direction. Trump continues to frame socialism and communism as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >destructive forces threatening national security<\/a> as the country approaches its 250th anniversary.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> contended Democrats, such as Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"384\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY), are \u201cafraid\u201d to counter the insurgent Left after Democratic socialist candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11802\">Zohran Mamdani <\/a>prevailed over their establishment counterparts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s easy for them to get followers because they make promises that they know they can\u2019t keep, and the Democrats aren\u2019t fighting back,\u201d Trump told<strong> <\/strong>the\u00a0Faith\u00a0&#038;\u00a0Freedom\u00a0Coalition\u2019s 2026 policy conference on Friday. \u201cThat\u2019s why they\u2019re dumb. They\u2019re not fighting that, they\u2019re afraid. I watch Schumer, he\u2019s afraid to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4626896\/trump-targets-lisa-murkowski-save-america-act\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump targets Lisa Murkowski over SAVE America Act impasse<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4626704\/trump-tariff-european-countries-digital-services-tax\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump threatens \u2018100% tariff\u2019 on European countries that implement new digital services tax<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4626405\/watch-live-trump-faith-freedom-coalition-road-majority-conference\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition\u2019s Road to Majority Conference<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has ramped up his criticism of communism after the candidates who call themselves socialists won their primary elections on Tuesday, making them their district\u2019s likely next member of Congress, considering the heavily Democratic makeup of New York City.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re people that want to destroy our country,\u201d the president said. \u201cThey hate our country, they hate our people, they hate the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party is in big trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said the Democratic Party\u2019s leadership was afraid of speaking out against the rising tide of socialism because of looming primary challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re afraid they\u2019re going to lose their election if they even think about saying anything bad about this new breed of sick people,\u201d the president said. \u201cThey\u2019re not smart enough or tough enough to fight the plague that\u2019s happening. It\u2019s happening right before your very eyes. If they fought them the way they fight Republicans or the way they fight me, they\u2019d be victorious. \u2026 But they don\u2019t have the courage to do so, so they\u2019re turning into communists themselves. It\u2019s becoming a communist party.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump went on to describe communism as the \u201cmost serious threat to our country\u201d before America\u2019s 250th birthday next week and after New York\u2019s primaries this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4625964\/america-250-latest-front-political-division\/\"><strong>AMERICA\u2019S 250TH BECOMES THE LATEST FRONT IN COUNTRY\u2019S POLITICAL DIVIDE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In those elections, three Mamdani-backed candidates, Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier, successfully primaried three sitting members of Congress, Reps. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez, Dan Goldman, and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), respectively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their success has rattled more centrist Democrats who are concerned Mamdani\u2019s politics will not help the party\u2019s candidates contesting battleground, swing districts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump claims Democrats fear challenging socialist insurgents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2619612,"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\/06\/AP26177669023669.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,51361,37324,12428,3634],"class_list":["post-2619611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-insurgency","tag-political-conflict","tag-socialism","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26177669023669.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619611","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2619611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619615,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619611\/revisions\/2619615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2619612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2619611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2619611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}