[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 128 (Wednesday, August 5, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4450-S4451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                             Democrat Party

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, today's Democrat Party has been taken 
over by extremists. It is happening all across the country. Extremists 
are winning Democrat primaries all across the country, from east to 
west.

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  The minority leader, who spoke a little earlier today, seems to be 
very happy about it. Just yesterday, when talking to the press, the 
minority leader said this. He said these extreme candidates make their 
party stronger.
  Well, Senator Schumer may be thrilled with the direction that his 
party is taking, and now look what happened last night in Michigan. The 
Democrat candidate for Senate winning the primary yesterday in Michigan 
is truly an extremist--radical, extreme, dangerous, and, in my opinion, 
scary. He has been endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders, and just 
recently he hit the campaign trail with a leftwing activist, a 
political activist who blamed 9/11--we are almost near the 25th 
anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 on the United States of America--
blamed those attacks on America and the American people.
  This is a Democrat Party that has a manifesto and a mantra. They have 
a radical set of beliefs, and they are clearly those of the Democrat 
nominee in Michigan.
  The driving force in the Democrat Party today wants to abolish 
prisons. The driving force in the Democrat Party today has endorsed any 
and all efforts to release dangerous prisoners from the jails onto the 
streets of communities all across the country. The driving force in the 
Democrat Party is calling to defund the police. The driving force in 
the Democrat Party is calling to eliminate Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement in this country. They don't want borders, don't think we 
ought to have borders. They want ICE completely eliminated. Democrats 
want to go back to the dangerous Biden years when it comes to 
protecting our borders, and 10 million illegal immigrants flooded into 
this country. The Democrats want millions and millions more to come 
into America.
  What do they want to do in terms of funding for these things? Well, 
the Democrats want to have hard-working taxpayers pay for healthcare 
for all the illegal immigrants who come here. Radical ideas like that 
were once the fringe of the Democrat Party. No longer. No, no. That 
fringe now controls the Democrat Party.
  As a senior Senator who is a Democrat said, who sits right over 
there--he said it is a sign that the Democrat Party is ``alive and 
well.'' Senator Schumer said yesterday it makes their party stronger. 
It doesn't make America stronger. It makes America weaker. It makes 
America more vulnerable.
  That is where we are today. Democrats seem willing to tear up the 
Constitution and tear down America. If you listen to some of these 
candidates, it sounds like they hate America. They want America to 
fail. That seems to be what they are aiming for.
  Well, Republicans are not going to allow that to happen--no. We are 
going to continue to fight the extremists, and we are going to continue 
to fight for freedom, for liberty, and for continued American 
greatness.