A Sitting Congressman Just Admitted Democrats Are United on One Terrifying Thing Concerning ICE Agents

Socialist insurgents knocked out two Democratic incumbents in New York and flipped a third open seat – and the Democrat establishment couldn't stop any of them.

This is the Democrat Party's Reverse Tea Party – and the radicals just took the wheel.

What one sitting congressman said on CNN the very next day is something every ICE agent in America needs to hear.

What Moulton Actually Said

On Thursday night's broadcast of CNN's Laura Coates Live, Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton was asked about the Democratic Party's direction following the upset primary win of radical socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York's 13th district.

Avila Chevalier – a 32-year-old member of the Democratic Socialists of America who called ICE agents "kidnappers" on the campaign trail – knocked out Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who'd held the seat for a decade.

Espaillat chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

He wasn't left-wing enough.

Moulton stepped in to explain what Democrats are actually united on behind closed doors.

"We've got to have a big tent if we want a majority," he said. "And the reality is that, while the media and a lot of talking heads like to try to point out all the differences here, there are a lot of things that we're united on, like let's make sure that we stop ICE from terrorizing our cities."

Then he said it.

"I've said ICE not only needs to be abolished, they need to be prosecuted. I think there are a lot of Democrats who would agree on that."

ICE agents doing their jobs – arresting people in the country illegally – need to be criminally prosecuted.

That's the Democratic Party in 2026.

This Isn't a Fringe Position Anymore

The media wants you to think Moulton is some kind of outlier.

He's not.

Moulton has been running for Senate in Massachusetts on exactly this platform since January, when ICE conducted enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

He posted a video to social media calling ICE "a gang of criminal enforcers" who need to be prosecuted.

His Senate campaign website lists "abolish and prosecute ICE" as a core platform plank.

Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey – the same night Moulton originally called for prosecution – went on CNN and declared that any Democrat who votes to fund ICE has blood on their hands.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed a slate of House candidates – Chevalier included – who ran explicitly on shutting down immigration enforcement, and they swept the night.

This is now the mainstream of the Democratic Party's activist base, its donor class, and its next generation of elected officials.

The "big tent" Moulton described has one wall: federal law enforcement agents should be wearing handcuffs, not putting them on criminals.

The Party That Can't Help Itself

Democrats promised voters in 2020 and 2022 that "Abolish ICE" was dead.

Kamala Harris got torched in 2018 for saying the country needed to "think about starting from scratch" on ICE.

She backpedaled.

Elizabeth Warren backpedaled.

Bernie Sanders backpedaled.

The whole party collectively decided the position was toxic after the 2018 midterms – when Republicans used it to hammer vulnerable Democrats in swing districts.

Then Trump won in 2024 and started enforcing the law, and the Democratic base snapped right back.

Abolish ICE wasn't a policy position. It was a reflex. And the reflex is back – only this time with a criminal prosecution attached.

Here's what that means practically: Democrats are telling ICE agents doing federally authorized enforcement that they personally face prison time if Democrats win back power.

That's not a political disagreement. That's a threat to every law enforcement officer in America who works immigration enforcement.

James Carville – one of the last old-school Democrats willing to say the obvious – publicly questioned whether Chevalier's radical positions represent the party.

Moulton answered him directly: yes, they do.

Sources:

• Ian Hanchett, "Moulton on Chevalier: 'A Lot of Democrats' Want to Not Just Abolish, But Prosecute ICE," Breitbart, June 26, 2026.
• "Moulton Calls to Abolish, Prosecute ICE," Seth Moulton for Massachusetts, January 30, 2026.
• "Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat loses primary to Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier," NBC News, June 24, 2026.
• "Democrats who called for ICE to be abolished under Trump now silent as border crisis rages," Fox News, July 15, 2024.
• "An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race," FactCheck.org, April 16, 2026.