House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Kevin Owen McCarthyMcCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump comments on transfer of power McCarthy claims protests in Louisville, other cities are 'planned, orchestrated events' MORE (R-Calif.) railed against the Democratic Party's progressive wing in a new interview, asserting that they are "no longer Democrats."

In an interview with far-right news outlet Breitbart released Saturday, the top House Republican maintained that a certain segment of the Democratic Party wants "socialist" lawmakers to take over.

"You’ve got the House, the Senate, and then you’ve got the executive branch. Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi [D-Calif.] and the Democrats—to me, they’re no longer Democrats,” McCarthy said.

"They don’t call themselves Democrats. They’re socialist Democrats," he said. "I think this internal fight is where they want that socialist wing to take over. That’s why they can’t come to a consensus."

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Two House Democrats — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline McCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib Rashida Harbi TlaibTrump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' George Conway: 'Trump is like a practical joke that got out of hand' Pelosi endorses Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate primary challenge MORE (Mich.) — won election in November as members of the Democratic Socialists of America. Other lawmakers such as White House hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power Bernie Sanders: 'This is an election between Donald Trump and democracy' The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump stokes fears over November election outcome MORE (I-Vt.) have described themselves as democratic socialists, and each has pushed progressive agenda items such as "Medicare for All" and the Green New Deal to combat climate change.

McCarthy blasted Ocasio-Cortez's remark last month that she would be open to dissolving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was established in 2002. A spokesperson later said that Ocasio-Cortez was floating dissolving DHS as an umbrella agency and reassigning subagencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Coast Guard to other departments.

"Think about what is in there. That is Secret Service, FEMA, that’s other things. At any other given time, this country would be in an uproar if an elected body said that," McCarthy told Breitbart. "But what’s come to the body today is socialism. That’s the strife what’s inside this past Democratic Party, they’re not what they used to be.”

McCarthy also projected confidence about the GOP's chances in 2020, after Democrats regained the House last year. The Republican leader said he has personally helped raise $33 million for the effort and that the party is "further along" on candidate recruitment than in the past.

"What’s happening here is America is waking up," he said. "They’re seeing what’s coming at them, the socialism and the control of what they [the left] want to take over. But look at the individuals who are running."

McCarthy's remarks follow tensions between Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez over a late-June debate on funding to address immigration issues. The Democratic figures later met, and Pelosi downplayed any divisions between them, saying after the meeting that she doesn't "think we have that many differences."

"We had a nice meeting. We had a nice meeting," she added after they met last week.