Nathan Sage, a Democratic candidate hoping to unseat Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in next year's midterms, said he wants to "tear the Democratic Party down and build it back up from the from the studs."

"I think that there's a big portion of people that are in the middle, that are underrepresented, that are looking for representation," Sage, who has highlighted his military background and emphasized the working class in his early campaign materials, said in an interview with MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart on Sunday. "And I want to be somebody that brings them to the Democratic Party, because I want to tear the Democratic party down and build it back up from the from the studs."

He didn't elaborate on his plans to dismantle the party during the MSNBC interview, but he emphasized he would focus on helping people who are struggling. His campaign website stresses his belief that "billionaires and multi-national monopolies (have) bought up both........

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