‍ Dagen McDowell, Fox Business

Dagen McDowell analyzes the escalating internal conflict within the Democratic Party, labeled a "Democrats' Civil War." The segment highlights the "socialist sweep" in New York City and House Democrats' "Promise to America" pledge to counter progressive influence, raising concerns about the party's future direction and the viability of socialist policies.

Ernest Luning, Colorado Politics

Killin and others who signed the initiative said Thursday in an online news conference that moderate Democrats need to do a better job communicating their vision, particularly as the party’s left wing is making headlines by winning primaries in deep blue districts. “They may be part of my party, but I don’t think they are the whole of the party,” Killin said, referring to candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America. “They should not be the face of our party, and that’s why we need to be organized and clear in our vision, and that’s why the Promise to America is such a critical part of that.”

Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek

The pledge to U.S. voters to fight “extremes” on both the left and right, released on Friday, comes after a streak of victories for Democratic Socialists of America’s candidates in primaries in New York, which prompted a vitriolic attack from President Donald Trump.

Tiffany Chartier, The Dallas Express

Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates have signed onto a new centrist initiative called “Promise to America,” explicitly declaring “We are capitalist, not socialist” and calling for secure borders, fiscal responsibility, and national pride. The announcement comes days after Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates won several primaries in New York, bringing to light the ongoing tensions inside the Democratic Party as it prepares for the 2026 midterms under President Donald Trump.

Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News

A group of roughly 13 Democrats have signed a pledge to promote moderate policies within the party — acting as a rebuke to the party’s progressive wing seeking to oust more centrist members. Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., is among those leading the charge after he introduced the pledge at the center-left conference WelcomeFest earlier this month. The pledge directly embraces capitalism while opposing socialist policies and also touts policies such as secure borders, free speech, and “confident patriotism.”

Tim Balk, The New York Times

The letter is led by Representative Tom Suozzi, a New York Democrat who flipped a swing district on Long Island two years ago. He said the group aimed to secure signatures from 20 Democratic candidates, 200 state and local officials, and 2,000 activists — and to “build a movement.”

Jake Sherman, Punchbowl News

The moderate-progressive split among Democrats is growing worse, a divide that Jeffries has to navigate every day. A group of 15 moderate Democratic candidates and incumbents has signed onto “The Promise to America,” a pledge meant to unite centrists and promote capitalism over socialism.

Reuven Rosenfeld, VIN News

Thirteen moderate Democrats are banding together to counter the influence of democratic socialists in their party, signing onto a new “Promise to America” initiative that endorses capitalism over socialism, strong borders, public safety and pride in the United States.

Max Cohen, Punchbowl News

Fifteen House Democratic members and candidates are signing onto the Promise to America, a pledge meant to unite centrists and promote capitalism over socialism. Among the signers: Reps. Tom Suozzi (N.Y.), Adam Gray (Calif.), Janelle Bynum (Ore.), Kristen McDonald Rivet (Mich.), Susie Lee (Nev.), Maggie Goodlander (N.H.), Josh Gottheimer (N.J.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Don Davis (N.C.), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), and congressional candidates Killin, Marlene Galan Woods and Bobby Pulido.

Matthew Choi, The Washington Post

Killin is one of the 13 who signed on to the “Promise to America” initiative that commits candidates to a set of centrist principles, including capitalism, fiscal discipline, strong borders and pride in the United States. The group says centrist Democrats need to assert their own vision for the party as forcefully and effectively as the left.

Matt Yglesias, Slow Boring

At WelcomeFest earlier this week, I was pleased to moderate a panel with Representatives Adam Gray and Tom Suozzi — the only two House Democrats to have flipped Trump districts in 2024 — where they unveiled the Promise to America, which is a kind of moderate Democrat manifesto.

Hannah Knowles, Washington Post

Two Democrats in Congress who flipped Republican-held seats in 2024 are launching a pledge for their party’s candidates they hope will act as a rallying cry for centrists, calling for a “politics of persuasion over purity” and declaring that “we are capitalist, not socialist.”