Democratic Party 2025 Political Snapshot
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John Kiriakou offered a 2025 snapshot of Democratic Party weakness across several fronts. He cited a poll putting the party's approval rating at 24%, the lowest ever recorded, he notes, since the Democratic Party's founding in 1820 and since public-opinion polling began in 1890.

On a government funding standoff, Kiriakou describes seven Senate Democrats joining Republicans for a total of 64 votes to pass a six-month spending bill after President Trump refused to negotiate and effectively dared Democrats to force a shutdown; Democrats received no concessions in return.

Kiriakou also flags California Governor Gavin Newsom's decision to deny parole to a large group of long-incarcerated, parole-eligible inmates, some who had served 20, 30, or 40 years, as a striking break from typical progressive positioning. He reads it as evidence that Newsom, widely seen as eyeing a future presidential run, is "playing the long game" politically.

Silence on Gaza, and the photographs

In October 2025 Kiriakou volunteered the party's conduct on Gaza as a separate failure from its lack of programme. "I am colossally disappointed in the leadership of the Democratic Party. Some of them talk a good game. Most of them remain silent in the face of this genocide in Gaza. But then when Netanyahu comes to the United States, they literally run. There are films of them running to the room where Netanyahu was appearing so they could take a picture with him. It makes me sick to my stomach to think of it."

He pairs the criticism with the electoral point he makes elsewhere: a party without "a program or a policy or strategy" had a direct stake in the silencing of the man recruiting young voters away from it.

See also

- Kamala Harris
- Joe Biden
- John Kiriakou
