{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-u-s-senator-katie-britt-joins-hannity-on-fox-news-2/", "ICYMI: U.S. Senator Katie Britt Joins Hannity on Fox News", "2026-08-21", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Katie Boyd Britt", "B001319", "www.britt.senate.gov", "britt", "https://www.britt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Hannity on Fox News last night on a panel with Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) where the pair discussed how the Democratic Socialists of America are no longer on the fringe of the Democratic Party, but have taken over the Democratic Party entirely. Senator Britt touted Republican wins that are aligned with the American people, and contrasted progressive candidates\u2019 radical priorities that are out of touch with reality.\n\nOn the Democratic Socialists of America taking over the Democratic Party:\n\n\u201cThe Democratic Socialists of America are not the fringe anymore, Sean, of the Democratic Party, they have taken over the Democratic Party. \u2026 Look, America has to wake up. You just talked about some of these Democrats that have stood up in Michigan and said, \u2018Hey, El-Sayed is not for us. We do not believe in abolishing prisons and jails and police and ICE and borders and so on and so on.\u2019\n\n\u201cI believe that\u2019s just the beginning. I think more and more Democrats are going to stand up and say, that is not for us. And the thing is, they [Democratic Socialists] have taken over. You saw that not only in Michigan. You saw it in Florida \u2026 They are wrong on the policies and they\u2019re wrong on their priorities. You have Senator Cotton\u2026 whose actual opponent there in Arkansas has said, look, \u2018I\u2019m going to fly down to Peru to be a part of a transgender parade.\u2019 It is absolute insanity. And so, they have taken over. They are driving the narrative. And this is not only bad for the Democratic Party, it\u2019s bad for America.\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have to ask them, we need to believe what they\u2019re saying \u2026they hate America \u2026 It\u2019s pretty disgusting, Sean \u2026 the days of your grandfather\u2019s Democratic party, they\u2019re over.\u201d\n\nOn the stakes of the upcoming midterm elections:\n\n\u201cThere is a ton at stake here, Sean, and I think that you can also balance that with telling the American people what we\u2019ve done \u2026 [T]he largest tax cuts in American history that were delivered by President Trump, the strongest border in history, delivered by President Trump, safe streets delivered by President Trump, law and order, again, delivered by President Trump. So, we have so much more that we want to do and accomplish. So, we\u2019re certainly going to talk about what we have done and what we want to do, but we also have to expose these people for who they are. I mean, they have absolutely lost their mind. And this is not a fringe. This is who the Democratic Party is now.\n\n\u201cThey want to make sure that \u2026 transgender surgeries for your children, that you don\u2019t have to talk to the parents about it \u2026 They\u2019re jihadist sympathizers. We\u2019re seeing that they\u2019re with El-Sayed. You\u2019re seeing Hasan Piker become the voice and the spokesperson there for the Democratic Party. So, I think we have to highlight it because America needs to know what we\u2019re up against and I think this is going to make sure that in November, people turn away from that.\u201d\n\nYou can watch the full interview here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-22T05:24:59Z", "2026-08-22T05:26:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.britt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-u-s-senator-katie-britt-joins-hannity-on-fox-news-2/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0213641691952944, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}