Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said American voters are "hungry" for the vision offered by the Democratic Party's socialist wing, as the party continues to debate its ideological direction. Speaking on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle", he pointed to the electoral success of figures who emerged from the Democratic Socialists of America, arguing their popularity reflects genuine public appetite rather than a fringe phenomenon, a claim likely to fuel further debate over the party's future path.

De Blasio named leaders such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as evidence that socialist-aligned Democrats keep winning elections. He also said he supports abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), while outlining which other socialist-leaning policies he does and does not endorse. His comments come amid a wider clash within the party, with figures such as strategist James Carville separately dismissing Democratic socialists as a "pack of fools" while still praising Ocasio-Cortez's political evolution.