Donny Deutsch Bluntly Tells MS NOW: ‘Democrats Have Gone Off the Rails’

Guest Donny Deutsch bluntly told MS NOW’s Stephanie Ruhle that “Democrats have gone off the rails” with their far-left focus on Anti-Semitism and socialism.

Ruhle claimed that “though voters are unhappy with Trump, they’re still leaning Republican” and asked the ad man and political commentator, “Do you think, if the economy doesn’t improve by November, it can change? Do Democrats need to figure out their messaging when it comes to the economy? Because for whatever reason, Republicans still seem to have this stronghold that, ‘We’re good for business.'”

According to results from a Pew Research Center survey in May, most Americans view both parties negatively, with 58 percent of adults citing an unfavorable view of the Republican Party and 59 percent citing an unfavorable view of the Democratic party.

Deutsch didn’t miss a beat in offering up a response as he suggested Democrats are not prioritizing the economy.

“Well, Democrats have gone off the rails,” he said. “They’re not even focused — what matters to people is affordability, and  Democrats right now are focused on two things: They’re focused on Anti-Semitism and Socialism—”

“Not all Democrats,” Ruhle offered up clarification with which Deutsch agreed.

“Not all, but that’s where the energy in the party is,” Deutsch said. “When you look at the two candidates that got elected in the last week, one of them talks about that … that firebombing in Colorado was not Anti-Semitic. I mean, would not acknowledge that when there was a firebombing of people holding a vigil for hostages by Hamas. Another candidate in New York, has been well-documented, was at a October 8th rally, a pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian rally.”

He was likely referring to 29-year-old Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros and Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier.

Deutsch continued:

This is ridiculous. And they’re both running on anti-American, socialistic, let’s blow up — let’s abolish ICE, let’s abolish prisons, let’s abolish everything, let’s abolish the police. It’s insane. And the Republicans are going to tar them with this. This is the problem. Even though they are a small sector of the party. This is, right now, every Republican strategist is salivating on what these people have said in the past, and they’re going to wallpaper with it, and the Democrats are going down a bad path. They’re electing these Democratic Socialists. It’s a disaster, no matter what you think of it, wherever your politics are, it’s bad strategy.

Watch above via MS NOW.

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