Undercover video exposes Dem Senate nominee's plan to embrace socialists: 'Got to be together'

FIRST ON FOX: Roy Cooper, the former North Carolina governor and a Democratic candidate for the Senate, believes his party should incorporate a big-tent approach to an emerging wave of socialist candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

When asked if he would sign the Promise to America, a repudiation of socialist stances put out by moderate Democrats, Cooper said he wouldn’t.

"I don’t see any need to," Cooper said in video footage obtained by Fox News Digital.

"I think the party needs a wide spectrum, particularly at a time when the Republican Party is shrinking and having all kinds of loyalty tests.

I think we need to have all kinds of folks to be a part of our party." FLORIDA BOARD VOTES TO BAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM PUBLIC COLLEGE ADMISSIONS Cooper’s comment comes as he wages a bid to fill the seat of retiring Sen.

Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and win over a historically Republican-leaning state.

It also raises questions of whether moderate Democrats believe their platforms can coexist with the aims of the DSA .

The DSA espouses positions like abolishing the U.S.

Senate , establishing public ownership of corporations and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to its website.

The group paints a picture of what those policies could look like in practice on its website.

"You have no debt.

You don’t need health insurance.

You don’t pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human right.

Your retirement is publicly funded.