{"id":2644269,"date":"2026-08-13T08:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rahm-emmanuel-blasts-socialist-candidates\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T08:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:46:21","slug":"rahm-emmanuel-blasts-socialist-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rahm-emmanuel-blasts-socialist-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahm Emmanuel blasts socialist candidates"},"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\">10<\/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%2Frahm-emmanuel-blasts-socialist-candidates%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=2644269&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>Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic Congressional Campaign Commitee Chairman and potential 2028 presidential candidate, criticized the socialist wing of the democratic Party, claiming it fails to appeal to working-class voters. After a setback for socialist candidates like Francesca Hong in Wisconsin\u2019s primary, Emanuel argued that socialists are out of touch with the broader electorate, especially minority voters such as Black communities. He pointed out that socialist candidates tend to attract affluent liberals rather than the working-class people they claim to represent. Emanuel also accused the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and its allies of neglecting voting rights, especially amid surging Black voter turnout following recent Supreme Court decisions and redistricting efforts. While struggling to gain favor among Black voters, socialist candidates have made some progress with other groups, such as Arab-Americans in Michigan. Emanuel emphasized the importance of voting rights and suggested that the real threat from socialists isn\u2019t in Washington but in electoral races like gubernatorial primaries, where they are actively running for office.  <\/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\">Former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman and possible 2028 presidential hopeful <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rahm-emanuel\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"21940\">Rahm Emanuel<\/a> bashed the socialist wing of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"288\">Democratic Party<\/a>, arguing that it didn\u2019t appeal to working-class voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The socialist wing of the Democratic Party was humbled on Tuesday after Democratic Socialists of America member <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4682734\/francesca-hong-loses-david-crowley-democratic-primary-for-wisconsin-governor-race\/\">Francesca Hong lost<\/a> in a surprise upset to the establishment-backed David Crowley in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary. Emanuel took the opportunity to lay into the group, casting it as out of touch with the people it was trying to appeal to.<\/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\/campaigns\/congressional\/4685875\/rahm-emanuel-blasts-socialist-candidates-making-races-ivy-league-seminar\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rahm Emanuel blasts socialist candidates for making races \u2018an Ivy League seminar\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4685349\/nikki-haley-goes-all-in-ralph-norman-against-trump-backed-darline-graham-nordone\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Nikki Haley goes all in for Ralph Norman against Trump-backed Darline Graham Nordone<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4685403\/chris-murphy-falls-short-on-endorsements\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Chris Murphy\u2019s poor endorsement record stress tests 2028 ambitions<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4684090\/progressives-primary-midwest-hong-crowley-flanagan\/\">PROGRESSIVES HAVE MIXED SHOWING IN MIDWEST AS FRANCESCA HONG FUMBLES PRIMARY<\/a><\/strong><\/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\">\u201cWe\u2019re the only country where you have to be rich enough to be a socialist,\u201d he told <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cIf you\u2019re trying to be a party that recruits people, working-class people that go paycheck to paycheck, socialists have been repulsing them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emmanuel pointed to the socialist candidates\u2019 weakness among minority voters, especially black voters, a core constituency of the Democratic Party. Instead, it has only managed to attract \u201cthose that are living in the brownstones in Park Slope Brooklyn or the struggling PhD student at Columbia.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0px; padding: 97.66% 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; will-change: transform;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/5dd72576-226b-4cb6-b61a-f91d47fb7f8f?src=embed&#038;embed_type=responsive_iframe\" title=\"wisconsin primary\" allowfullscreen allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0px; left: 0px; border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic strategist also accused the DSA and its allies of neglecting voting rights, a charge certain to be vehemently rejected by the minority-focused group.<\/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\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4684714\/most-dangerous-socialists-running-for-governor-francesca-hong-wisconsin\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4684714\">THE MOST DANGEROUS SOCIALISTS AREN\u2019T IN DC. THEY\u2019RE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBlack Democratic turnout has been surging since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act and cleared the way for the Trump-backed redistricting wave,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RahmEmanuel\/status\/2086843097091047861?s=20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RahmEmanuel\/status\/2086843097091047861?s=20\">Emanuel said<\/a>. \u201cLouisiana, South Carolina, Alabama, Michigan, and Tennessee. When voting is not a luxury and your rights are on the line, politics stops being an Ivy League seminar \u2014 and there\u2019s no patience for faculty lounge debate. It\u2019s existential, and the national media would do well to see there\u2019s more than one story coming out of these primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the socialist wing of the Democratic Party has struggled to make inroads with black voters, it has made progress in consolidating the votes of other groups. In Michigan, Arab-Americans nearly unanimously voted for Abdul el Sayed in the gubernatorial primary, a vote share that sent him over the line to clench the nomination from the establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI).<\/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<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emanuel criticizes socialists for failing working-class voters after Hong&#8217;s upset<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2644270,"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\/07\/AP26093433662793.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7375,3728,9133,5894,12428],"class_list":["post-2644269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-criticism","tag-election","tag-emmanuel","tag-politics","tag-socialism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26093433662793.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644269","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644272,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644269\/revisions\/2644272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}