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Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio outlines what socialist policies he agrees and disagrees with on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says Americans are “hungry” for the vision being offered by leaders on the Democratic Party’s socialist flank as Democrats debate the party’s ideological future.
“There are specific leaders who have emerged out of DSA who are providing a vision that actually a lot of people in this country are hungry for,” de Blasio said Tuesday on “The Ingraham Angle.”
De Blasio pointed to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as leaders he believes are tapping into frustration with the political status quo by focusing on issues such as affordability.
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Then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio talks with members of the media during a press conference at the Legislative Office Building on Monday, June 3, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)
“It is about the leaders that are emerging, like Bernie Sanders, AOC, Mamdani, some of the folks who won primaries lately,” he said.
“They are pointing in a specific direction, and there’s a reason they’re winning.”
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Progressive supporters at a joint rally for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. House of Representatives candidate Will Lawrence hold up signs during a rally with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Lansing, Mich., on July 19. (Andrew Roth/Sipa USA via Reuters)
De Blasio, who has said he is neither a socialist nor a member of the DSA, nevertheless expressed support for several parts of the movement’s economic and social agenda when pressed by host Laura Ingraham.
He expressed support for ending the war in Iran, Medicare-for-all, raising taxes on America’s wealthiest people — policies he argued speak directly to voters’ concerns about affordability.
“These progressive candidates are winning because they’re talking about how to raise wages, how to lower health care costs, how to get out of the war in Iran that is shooting up gasoline prices,” he said, also acknowledging there are limits to his alignment with the movement.
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Outside of affordability, de Blasio also called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished and replaced with a new agency.
“We need a secure border, but we should abolish ICE because it’s a broken agency and start over with a different kind of agency that can secure our border without creating so much violence in our cities,” he said.
He also called for a “path to legalization” for illegal immigrants who have not committed violent or serious crimes.
Taylor Penley is an associate editor for Fox News Digital and contributor to FOX Business and Fox Nation who covers media, culture and Flash
