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On one hand, it's been somewhat amusing to watch the House Democrats who are trying so hard to distance themselves from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Party members who won their House primary races in New York last week, and the ones whose political futures will soon be decided in states like Colorado and Michigan. I mean, when you look at the batcrap crazy things some of them, like newly minted NY-13 Democrat nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier, have said and done over the years, one could almost understand why the purportedly "moderate" House Democrats who have signed on to a "Promise to America" letter stressing that they love America and are not socialists would take the actions they have ahead of the 2026 midterms. On the other hand, it's a bit rich to see others, like Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), try to pretend that Democrats haven't been courting and coddling the extremists in their party, playing footsie with them for decades, which led them to where they are now. READ MORE: Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer Built Their Own Headaches, Brick by Leftist Brick But that's not the way Jeffries sees it. His idea of who to blame for the rise of the Democratic Socialist Party primary and general election successes boils down to, you guessed it, Orange Man Bad:
Now, to be fair, Trump Derangement Syndrome has driven some of these folks crazy enough that it's inspired them to be what I call openly unapologetic socialists rather than masking it as mere "Democratic Party" values. I say that because as recently as eight to 10 years ago, Democrats would accuse Republicans who trotted out the word "socialism" to describe the left of using scare tactics. But again, socialism was already well-established in the Democrat Party prior to Trump's rise to national political prominence. It just became far more obvious in the Trump 45 and 47 eras. Now, the label is openly embraced by a growing number of them, some of whom - like Jeffries' colleague Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) - have gone on to win congressional races and reelection. There was also Zohran Mamdani's victory in the NYC mayoral race in 2025. Perhaps even more than AOC, Mamdani waves the DSA flag like a badge of honor and dares anyone to contradict his push for "free" stuff at the expense of "the rich." Let us not forget, too, one of the most well-known longtime champions of so-called "Democratic Socialism" nationally: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who was touting the supposed benefits of it well before Trump came onto the political scene. AOC and other congressional DSA Party members have long viewed Sanders with deep respect and admiration and have largely followed his model of presenting socialism as the way forward for America. Further, when one looks at the various stances of the Democratic Socialists who won their primary races and the ones who are trying to, like Colorado congressional candidate Melat Kiros (seen below), one is hard-pressed to see how Trump allegedly influenced these people to believe this way:
The Colorado primary is Tuesday. Kiros, another hate-America socialist who is endorsed by Sanders and the radical Justice Democrats coalition, is viewed as a serious threat to Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01), who has been in Congress since 1997. If Democrats want to continue to go down this road, they are free to try and do so. The voters will ultimately decide their political fates. Other Democrats can even try to downplay the significance of it if they want to. But what they are not entitled to are their own "facts." As my RedState colleague Joe Cunningham so eloquently noted in his own write-up on this topic, this is the house that was built with the help of Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), both of whom are socialists themselves who allowed the more fanatical lunatics like AOC's "Squad" to take control of the asylum, with what's playing out now being the inevitable result. Chickens coming home to roost and all that. Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress. |
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