U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss is drawing a clear distinction between himself and the left wing of his party, especially the democratic socialists who recently won Democratic congressional primaries in New York.

In a recent interview on Fox News, Auchincloss, a moderate Democrat first elected in 2020, said the New York primary upsets were a sign of voter frustration, not voter support for socialism.

And he called out one of those New York primary winners, Darializa Avila Chevalier, for comments she’s made about abolishing police.

“We need to be surging resources, for example, to raise clearance rates for law enforcement as they’re tackling murder and other capital offenses,” Auchincloss said to Fox’s Shannon Bream. “We need strong border security measures.”

Auchincloss pointed to other House races in more politically diverse districts where Democrats, who aren’t far-left, are winning. He mentioned combat veteran Kate Conley in upstate New York as one example and Nancy Lacore of South Carolina as another.

“What’s actually happening here is that the baby boomers have about $110 trillion of wealth, and the millennials and the Gen-Z’ers got TikTok in exchange, and that was a bad deal,” Auchincloss said. “And so I think young people are just mad; they’re mad that they can’t afford a home, they’re mad that they don’t think Social Security is going to be there for them.”

He suggested Democrats ignore labels and work together on a massive economic platform that appeals to young people.

Auchincloss is facing a primary challenge this year, and Jason Poulos of Sherborn has gained steam with populist messaging and a surge of energy from the left.

With tensions high and rhetoric hot, Auchincloss also called out his party and the Republican party for what he called “the mushrooming of antisemitism” within both.

“We also have to look at the fundamental drivers of anti-Semitism, which I believe is social media in general,” he said. “Scapegoating of Jews happens in failed societies. It happens when the pathologies of the moment are turned against the other, and right now we’re seeing anti-Semitism mushroom on social media because it’s a failed society. There’s no norms, there’s toxicity, and we have to hold Meta and TikTok and Insta and Snap and the rest of them accountable for the corrosion that they are platforming.”

You can watch the complete interview here.