Former New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli (D.) on Tuesday said the Democratic Party's message is all about being against President Donald Trump and that message isn't good enough to deserve governing Congress.
"This is a party with cause. The causes is against Donald Trump," Torricelli said. "That's not a good enough message to deserve governing."
MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle noted that while Democrats have been pushing impeachment and have called Trump unfit for office, his poll numbers remain unchanged or have gone up.
"I saw someone on TV saying that Stormy Daniels and Michael Avenatti have hurt Trump more than Democrats have," Ruhle said. "Democrats are rioting on the 'impeach, he's unfit, he's unhinged.' And he is up in the poll numbers."
Torricelli said while Democrats will probably gain seats in the House, they will probably lose seats in the Senate in the upcoming midterms.
"There's optimism in the Democratic party because we're going to make gains in the House of Representatives. We're not going to make gains in the Senate." Torricelli said. "Donald Trump will be able to call it a draw or a victory."
Torricelli continued on to explain his party won't gain more ground in the midterms because Democrats don't focus on the issues that are important to voters.
"The reason goes to, we understand how the Democratic party feels about Stormy Daniels. We understand how Democratic party feels about Donald Trump's personal behavior. What else is the party for?" Torricelli asked. "Nancy Pelosi shuts down the House of Representatives over illegal immigration. I agree with her on the issue. But that's your issue? That's for shutting down the federal government? As opposed to daycare, education, jobs, taxes?"
Torricelli was a senator from 1997 to 2003 before he left public office amid a congressional investigation into his campaign finances. The investigation was later dropped and investigators found no evidence of wrongdoing.