Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Democrats are suffering from an identity crisis and are fixated on President Donald Trump, calling the party “a hot mess” and accusing it of being dominated by far-left ideology.

Sen. Thune told Breitbart News this week that the Democratic Party is “floundering” as it grapples with internal divisions and an all-consuming opposition to Trump.

“They are a hot mess,” Thune said during an interview filmed in the Strom Thurmond Room of the U.S. Capitol. “They are really floundering right now and struggling to find an identity. I think that the base of their party demands complete fealty to their positions. Their positions are so far left of the American mainstream.”

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