() Former Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio joined ” Prime” to discuss the future of the Democratic Party and its failings in 2024, including shifting its focus from elites and kitchen table items.

De Blasio, who has received fierce criticism from President Trump this week, believes the Democrats blew the presidential election on multiple fronts.

“It’s not just get away from the elites and get back to the grassroots and the heartland, it’s talk about those table kitchen issues that, bluntly, we failed to talk about well enough in 2024,” de Blasio added.

The former New York City mayor favors a pool of possible figureheads for the 2028 presidential election, including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

“We’ve got an extraordinary Democratic bench, very heavy on governors [and] I love that,” de Blasio said.

“We’ve got exciting representatives of a new generation of leadership, and I think let them go and compete,” he added.

De Blasio also commended the work of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in their rallies across America.