MS NOW host Rachel Maddow told ABC's "The View" Wednesday that she hopes there will be a "big fight" between moderate and socialist members of the Democratic Party in Congress.
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While promoting her new book "Department of Fate," Maddow discussed recent calls from some progressive senators to replace Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., once Democrats take control of the Senate in January.
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Democrats → promote → January
Those calling for new leadership included Democratic senators-elect Adam Hamilton of Kansas, Troy Jackson of Maine and Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan.
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Though some Democrats have expressed concerns about infighting within the party, Maddow dismissed those concerns and welcomed the idea of moderate Democrats debating socialists.
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Democrats → express → socialists
"I feel like the Democrats have kind of first-world problems right now," Maddow joked, adding, "There was so much talk ahead of the election about ‘Oh there’s these handful of democratic socialist-associated candidates.
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How are the Democrats going to do?’
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Well, the Democrats elected so many people.
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Democrats → elect → people
Yes, they elected a handful of Democratic Socialists, but also the Blue Dog coalition, which is the conservative Democrats.
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which → elect → Socialists
They have like a dozen new members too.
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Maddow argued that the Democratic Party now includes members with a wide range of political views and that debate could strengthen the party.
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"I think that it’s righteous for them to have a big fight.
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I hope they don’t settle it instantly.
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I hope they actually do have a debate.
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I think competition makes us stronger," she said.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Schumer's office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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Maddow's comments came one day after "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg called out congressional Democrats publicly debating whether to replace Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., as party leaders.
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"This is my two cents," Goldberg said.
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"I don’t want to hear this from you right now.
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I want to know what all of you are, all of you Democrats, what are your plans for the first 100 days?
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I don’t care if you’ve been there forever or just got there.
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"We put you in there to clean house, to make sure that the government works the way the people want it to work," she added.
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"I don’t want to hear all this infighting because then you become the distraction, and then you become no better than the Republicans were.
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Democratic strategist and pollster Doug Schoen disagreed with Maddow's assessment.
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"It’s clear the Dems won an overwhelming victory because of moderates not progressives.
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The American people are demanding action on the affordability crisis, not intraparty infighting between progressives and moderates," Schoen told Fox News Digital.
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