Overview
- Frank, 86, in hospice care for congestive heart failure, used a CNN interview Sunday to warn that Democrats are turning the most contentious social issues into loyalty tests.
- He cited transgender athletes in women’s sports as an example and urged a case-by-case approach rather than labeling skeptics as homophobic.
- In recent comments to Politico, he said the party should explicitly repudiate positions like “defund the police” and “open borders” instead of staying silent.
- He pointed to Maine’s Senate race after Gov. Janet Mills exited last week, saying presumptive nominee Graham Platner can tap voter anger like Donald Trump yet may struggle to win a general election.
- He is racing to finish a Yale University Press book due in September that argues liberals lost ground by overlooking inequality and by failing to distance themselves from extreme factions.