“I never rule things out, because you never know what life brings,” said de Blasio. “I’m focused on the job I have, but I’ve also been really clear — I’m going to spread this message.”

“There are still a lot of moderate voices in the party that did not learn the lessons of 2016, that are not listening to what people need in this country,” de Blasio added. “So I want to push this whole party, and I want to inform this debate in this country about the fact that we could go a lot farther, we could be a lot bolder than what we’re doing now.”