Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Sunday reacted to chants of “you’re next” from members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) directed at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).

CNN’s Jake Tapper played a clip of the DSA members chanting while at a bar during the New York primary election on Tuesday, when several DSA members won races against incumbent Democratic lawmakers.

Those races pitted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who backed the insurgent candidates, against Jeffries, who backed two incumbents and a third candidate who had also drawn supporting from a member retiring from her district.

Tapper asked Warnock what he thought about the chants, after assessing that the group making the chant was mostly white. He noted that Jeffries could become the first Black House Speaker in U.S. history if Democrats reclaim the lower chamber.

“You know, as I’ve said, we have robust and rambunctious arguments about the direction of the party, but the focus is on the concerns of ordinary people,” Warnock replied. “Look, I don’t believe in abolishing the police. You can’t have security without police. You don’t have a country without borders. But this debate will go on.”

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