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A Democrat Just Confessed the Midterms Could Be a Disaster for His Party
PJ Media ^ | August 19, 2026 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 08/19/2026 10:02:18 AM PDT by Red Badger

Harold Ford Jr. is, by any honest measure, the smarter liberal who joins the table on Fox News' The Five. That's not saying much when the other option is Jessica Tarlov, but hey, it’s something. Tarlov is a party booster every step of the way. She pushes Democrats' talking points blindly. Ford is far more willing to call out his party when it deserves it, which he did on Tuesday, when he admitted that Democrats will lose if they embrace the DSA’s policies.

"If we believe that the DSA, their ideas are the right ones for the country, then we're going to lose," Ford said. He pointed to last week's Wisconsin results as proof the socialist wing of the party is gaining ground it shouldn't. "We may win a few primaries, and I was delighted to see the Wisconsin outcome last week," he said, "with the young fellow Crowley coming from behind." He added that another candidate, El-Sayed, "only won by a very, very small amount," a margin Ford treated as a warning sign rather than a victory lap.

That's a devastating admission from inside the tent. Ford said Democratic voters are more focused on kitchen-table economics than revolutionary politics, and that when they realize the Democratic Socialists of America "are not for them," they'll bolt. He even agreed with strategist James Carville's blunt assessment from the night before, though Ford tried to soften it. "I won't go as far as my friend James, who used the word 'fools,'" he said. "But you are foolish if you believe these ideas are not only going to win, but are going to make the country stronger and better."

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics; Society
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1 posted on 08/19/2026 10:02:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Ford speaks well and is nice-looking.

2 posted on 08/19/2026 10:08:25 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of Gd; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: Liz

Just like Obama.


3 posted on 08/19/2026 10:15:25 AM PDT by DownInFlames (p)
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To: Liz

Don’t let him fool you. Greg Gutfeld has caused Fords mask to slip on a couple of occasions on The Five.

His ideology is more like obamas than you might think.


4 posted on 08/19/2026 10:16:14 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: Red Badger
Okay.

Uh, no! Wait!!

Since when do we trust Demonicrats!?

5 posted on 08/19/2026 10:23:27 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: Red Badger

I worry they are changing the Overton Window. It’s already changed significantly. Republicans today or to the left of Democrats 20 years ago on a lot of issues. Even Republicans are rabidly pro-LGBT today.


6 posted on 08/19/2026 10:23:35 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Red Badger

Polls in August 2018 were avaraging D plus 19. Now D plus5.3


7 posted on 08/19/2026 10:33:05 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: Red Badger

D plus 10


8 posted on 08/19/2026 10:38:44 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: DownInFlames

Obama does not “speak well”. He can read a speech written by others on a TelePrompTer. Absent the latter, Obama is typically a tongue-tied babbling buffoon. Also, he ain’t “black” in the sense of how that term is generally used. He’s a mulatto, with little to no exposure to the black community. He lives among white folk and always has.


9 posted on 08/19/2026 11:00:53 AM PDT by astounded (The democrat party is a clear and present danger to the USA)
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To: Red Badger

Don’t forget about the Maine nazi. They always forget about the Maine nazi.


10 posted on 08/19/2026 11:32:59 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: V_TWIN

Yeah but even though Ford Jr is an Obama type, I can tolerate listening to him, I cant stand Jessica Tarlov, OMG she is just HORRIBLE..from her voice on down the line..and Greg cant stand her, notice when she’s on he’s not there, because he hates her you can see it all over his face he hates the b*tch..and she pals around with Hasan Piker which is ironic, a guy who said that we deserved 9/11, palling around with a woman whose own father died as a result of being exposed to the dust near the towers, so she’s basically saying that yeah her dad deserved to die


11 posted on 08/19/2026 11:33:48 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Red Badger

The republicans are doing worse, I think. No Save Act, no doubling down on fraud, treating Trump as a lame duck, not supporting mass deportation and more worthlessness. Come on, republicans, do something.


12 posted on 08/19/2026 12:23:14 PM PDT by NavyShoe
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To: Red Badger

The new generation don’t lie about their being Communists.


13 posted on 08/19/2026 1:37:32 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: bray

if you watch their interviews

they are selling socialism/communism as affordability


14 posted on 08/20/2026 9:18:07 AM PDT by joshua c (collectivism has many names but the result is the same; the state is primary, the citizen is a slave)
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To: joshua c

If you think healthcare is unaffordable now wait until it is free.


15 posted on 08/20/2026 9:45:48 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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