‘It’s Horrifying’: Dan Turrentine Tells Sean Hannity Dem Party Has ‘Two Big Problems’

Former Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday that his party is plagued by weak leadership and a lack of an “agenda.”

Polls conducted by The Wall Street Journal, CNN and Gallup all found in July that the Democratic Party had record-low favorability. Turrentine said on “Hannity” that Democratic leaders are fearful of angering their far-left base, even if it means avoiding popular stances. (RELATED: Blue States Try To Keep Illegals’ Medicaid Data Hidden From Trump Admin)

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“[U]nfortunately for people like myself and folks that are focused on trying to win races and rebuild our majority, it’s horrifying that the party just will not come to grips with the depth of its problems and do the things to get out of it,” Turrentine told Hannity. “And you said it earlier. There’s two big problems.”

“The first is our leadership, such as it is, is terrified of being cancelled. If they come out and say it’s great that the border has been secured, they’ll be attacked,” he continued. “If they say boys shouldn’t be playing girl sports as [Democratic California Gov.] Gavin Newsom and [former Chicago Mayor] Rahm Emanuel did recently, they were attacked. If they come out and say it’s great that the police keep our neighborhood safe and that they’re heroic in their efforts, they’ll be attacked.”

Nearly 80% of Americans oppose biological males playing women’s sports, according to a January New York Times/Ipsos poll.

“And the second part is we continue to have no agenda to help the real lives of real people. It’s [President Donald] Trump Derangement Syndrome and this academic stuff about authoritativeness,” Turrentine added. “Until we come to grips and start doing this work, we’re going to remain in a ditch.”

Hannity asked why Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries were unwilling to say what Turrentine was saying.

“Are they silent because they’re afraid or are they silent because they’re in agreement?” Hannity asked.

Turrentine answered that their silence was due to fear. He particularly honed in on Schumer and Jeffries.

“Chuck Schumer is terrified of being primaried by AOC [Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]. There was a poll two months ago, he trails her by 20%,” he told Hannity. “The only way he could defeat her is to [salvage] the base, right? Good luck being the majority leader again if you go to war with your own base.”

“[Jeffries] wants to be speaker if we’re able to retake the House. He needs the base. Pelosi has the backing of the base. She always has. But Jeffries is a former corporate lawyer out of New York City and Chuck Schumer is a [former President] Bill Clinton Democrat,” he added. “Unfortunately that’s not a popular place to be in our party right now. And so we have two leaders terrified of the base.”

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin also asserted on “America’s Newsroom” Wednesday that he was accepting of socialists being part of his party.

“At the end of the day, the difference between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is that we’re a big tent. We have lots of people in that tent from all of the different ideological wings, from conservative Democrats to centrists, to progressives, to these new leftists,” Martin said. “And the reality is is I’ve always said that you win through addition, not subtraction. You don’t win by pushing people out of your coalition, you win by bringing people into your coalition.”

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