Overview

• Walsh posted his criticism on X on Tuesday, roughly three months after formally registering as a Democrat in June 2025.
• He wrote that party leadership “just doesn’t f---ing understand the threat” and isn’t “f---ing meeting this moment,” adding, “If you can’t relish fighting a fascist, then go home.”
• His comments responded to a clip of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries discussing a letter he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent to the president as funding talks showed little movement ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline.
• Jeffries said the letter laid out Democrats’ position and questioned why Trump was backing away from the fight during an MSNBC appearance referenced in the reports.
• Walsh, who served in Congress from 2011 to 2013, left the GOP in 2020 and previously endorsed Joe Biden before joining the Democratic Party.