{"id":891371,"date":"2026-06-25T08:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/891371\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:28:15","slug":"sen-dem-lisa-blunt-rochester-avoids-answering-socialism-question-after-nyc-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/891371\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen Dem Lisa Blunt Rochester avoids answering socialism question after NYC primary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester avoided answering where socialism<\/a> has been \u201cbeneficial\u201d when giving her thoughts on the recent\u00a0New York primary elections.<\/p>\n

Blunt Rochester was asked on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk Box\u201d Wednesday morning about the results of the primaries where\u00a0three socialist candidates\u00a0<\/a>not only won their elections but defeated two incumbent lawmakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rather than comment on what impact this could have on the broader Democratic Party, Blunt Rochester celebrated the wins as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that,\u00a0first of all, the fact that people are engaged at a level they\u2019ve never been engaged\u00a0before is a positive thing, especially in the 250th anniversary of this country,\u201d Blunt Rochester said. \u201cWe want people to participate. What I can say, though, about Democrats, and as someone who\u00a0is working to win the majority, what I can say is that politics are local.\u201d<\/p>\n

She described how Democratic candidates<\/a> will run differently depending on where they\u2019re running, adding how Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola is campaigning on \u201cfish, family and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on June 24, 2026. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former NYC Comptroller Brad Lander speak after Lander won his Democratic Primary race in Brooklyn on June 23, 2026. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cFish might not work in New York, or it might not work in North Carolina, but that works there. And so for us, the most important thing is that we hear\u00a0the people. We want to be known that we\u2019re listening to them and that we\u2019re fighting for them. And again, it might look different in different places across the country, but we do\u00a0believe that people are concerned about this economy and the cost of things. And so we\u2019re going to continue to fight for them. So to me, it\u2019s a win-win,\u201d Blunt Rochester said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere has socialism ever worked, senator?\u201d CNBC host Joe Kernen asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs that another question or is that for the next interview?\u201d Blunt Rochester responded.<\/p>\n

Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks to her supporters at an election night watch party in New York on June 23, 2026. AP Photo\/Seth Wenig<\/p>\n

Claire Valdez speaks to supporters after winning her primary race on June 23, 2026. William C Lopez\/NY Post<\/p>\n

Rather than comment on what impact this could have on the broader Democratic Party, Blunt Rochester celebrated the wins as a whole. Fox News<\/p>\n

Kernen repeated his question, to which Blunt Rochester replied, \u201cWell, when you have me come back on we can talk about all the races across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kernen then acknowledged that the remark was a \u201crhetorical question that I was answering myself\u201d and thanked her for her time.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u00a0reached out to Blunt Rochester\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n

New York candidates Brad Lander,<\/a> Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier\u00a0each campaigned\u00a0on a socialist economic agenda, anti-Israel posture and opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Before the election, they were endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester avoided answering where socialism has been \u201cbeneficial\u201d when giving her thoughts on the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":891372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,37807,6529,40896,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,16854,10452,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":["post-891371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-democrat","tag-democratic-primary","tag-democratic-socialists-of-america","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-senate","tag-socialism","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116809806973328120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}