Watch: Ex-Clinton Pollster Warns AOC That Her Latest Stunt ‘Could Finish This Party Off’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) received significant pushback from the far-left wing of his party after supporting a continuing resolution to fund the federal government earlier this month.

The rift has led to widespread speculation about the future of the Democratic Party and its leadership.

While U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), one of Schumer’s most vocal critics, has been named as a possible primary challenger, one prominent member of the party recently offered a stark warning against such a pursuit.

As the Daily Caller reported:

Former Clinton pollster Mark Penn warned Thursday that Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenging Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2028 could deal a devastating blow to the Democratic Party.

The Democratic Party’s favorability plunged to a record low of 29%, according to a Sunday CNN/SSRS poll conducted March 6-9. Penn, on “The Story with Martha MacCallum,” said the poll indicates that the Democratic Party has retained its “left base” while “moderates” are fleeing in droves.

“I don’t think she’s going to challenge Schumer, but if she does, I mean, already the Democratic ratings are down to 29%. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Penn said. “That means the left base is with the Democratic Party and the moderates are all leaving the party. So AOC taking off Schumer, wow, that could finish this party off. This could put it into the wilderness the way the Labour Party was for a decade.”

The brewing feud between Schumer and the party’s AOC-aligned flank has been a topic of significant social media discussion in recent days:

We need generational change in leadership and Chuck Schumer is clearly a relic from a time that has come and gone. @AOC and @BernieSanders are right to try and steer the Democratic Party back to some form of economic populism that focuses on the middle-working class. pic.twitter.com/nKU3rnCK8h

— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) March 21, 2025

🚨 AOC Looks Completely Done and Exhausted 🚨

In this video, she’s speechless, drained, and out of answers. Schumer’s infighting with Democrat House leaders is tanking morale, and the Democrats are falling apart.

Thoughts? ⬇️ 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/wPXekL4jrf

— Tony Lane 🇺🇸 (@TonyLaneNV) March 18, 2025

Your reminder that Congressional Democrats are *deeply unpopular*: -14 image with voters overall and -33 image with swing voters in our March @cygnal national survey.

National Democrats' disarray—Pelosi slamming Schumer, AOC pondering a primary challenge—will make things worse. pic.twitter.com/1F5zwxE0os

— John Rogers (@johnrogersal) March 17, 2025

Earlier this week, the New York Post detailed the toll all of this intraparty discord has already taken:

Democrats have become so unpopular that more Americans believe that aliens are among us than agree with the Democratic Party.

Dems are now held in lower esteem than lawyers, undertakers, and car salesmen.

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Two punishing new polls released Sunday show that the party has hit historic new lows in approval ratings nationwide — with just 27% of Americans saying they like the job Democrats are doing, according to NBC News.

A CNN poll put favorability at 29% — the lowest rating in the 33-year history of the survey; 54% have an unfavorable view.

And neither of those polls take into account the party’s latest meltdown.

Democrats are now mired in back-biting strife over Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision not to block a Republican budget bill to avert a partial government shutdown.

Here’s a clip of Penn’s recent remarks: