By Molly Claire Goddard
8:02am PDT, May 13, 2025
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Are Democrats losing faith they can take back power?
During a May 11, appearance on
Fox News Sunday, the left-wing United States representative
Jared Moskowitz claimed progressive politics will not win over the voting body from
Donald Trump and the Republicans in the upcoming elections.
Keep reading to hear what the civil servant said about his own party…
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During the interview on the right-wing channel, host Shannon Bream candidly asked Jared Moskowitz, "Back home in Florida, my home state, you have been taking some heat from the more progressive wing of your party, most recently for not showing up for this town hall that they had put together. One of the organizers said this, 'We worked hard to get him elected and now he's not answering questions.' They say the crowd then booed, then somebody yelled primary him, then there was applause. Are you like many of your party, kind of caught in the middle between the old and the new guard, the progressive wings. Do you feel like the party has coalesced about who's leading it and how you move forward?'"
The George Washington University alum clarified that although he may be a Democrat, he doesn't align with everything exactly the same as fellow members of his party. "Yeah, so first on that town hall — it wasn't my town hall. It was a town hall the special interest group put on and they invited all three congress people from the area and none of them came. So, it wasn't that I just didn't show up, no one showed up from Congress," he said.
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Jared Moskowitz emphasized how Democrats need to take a hard look in the mirror if they want to secure victory in the upcoming elections and defeat Donald Trump.
"My district is a D-plus-two district. It's a moderate district. I'm a moderate. I'm not a progressive," he told the host. "I've never said I was a progressive, I have democratic values. I've been a Democrat my whole life. I have fought for those values and I will continue to do so in Congress. But Democrats have to, like, get one thing straight. We need to win. This purity thing that we want to go through, that's great if we want to continue to be in the minority. But if we want to win, we got to put people in seats that can win those seats."
"We got Democrats in Trump seats. You can't run
progressives there. We'll lose those seats and so look, we have a big tent. There's room for all of these ideas in our party. But if were going to make
Hakeem Jeffries the speaker, it's going to run through districts like mine and 20 others where moderate Dems have to win. Progressives can't win there," Moskowitz added.
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While Jared Moskowitz's remarks may sound cynical, according to a
Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics survey, only 23 percent of participants under 30 approve of Democratic lawmakers. The research also found that more right-wing people are more likely to believe in upward mobility and that the country is moving in the right direction.
"Just 48 percent of young Americans say having kids is important — the lowest ranking among the six life goals we measured. It signifies a generational shift away from traditional family formation," the study found. "While both Democrats and Republicans prioritize financial security and homeownership, young Republicans are far more likely to believe those goals — and others — are within reach."
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Despite the hurdles for people on the left, many Americans also feel the country is in peril under Donald Trump's leadership.
According to
Axios, 52 percent of people surveyed agreed with the statement that the former reality star is a "
dangerous dictator" and someone "whose power should be limited."
