The Democratic Socialist Party (DSA) in America is anti-West, anti-American, anti-Israel, and antisemitic. It is also on the march across deep blue America. Tuesday night’s sweep by far-left candidates for Congress in New York City, all backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, underscored just how rapidly the DSA is ascending within the shell of the fractured and frazzled Democratic Party.
Traditional Democrats Left Behind
Traditional Democrats who pay attention to their national brand are astonished by what has happened to their party as it goes full “Thelma and Louise” off the far left cliff of American politics. This is the third act in a three-act tragedy. First, former President Barack Obama’s achievement-free eight years atop the country and the Democratic Party saw a generation of federal, state, and local Democratic youngsters get wiped out in the political earthquakes of 2010, 2014, and 2016.
Obama always took care of himself, but left the party to the ossified care of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Chuck Schumer to collectively run, and they ran it aground. That’s the second act: Every part of the Democrats suffered from at least a touch of “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” but none more than the former Speaker from San Francisco. Her and her colleagues’ ongoing obsession with President Trump — even after Obama had hollowed out the Democrats across the country — left the party without a platform or a leader of any ability or charisma who wasn’t also eligible for Social Security.
A New Generation of Leaders
Part three was the passing of the radical baton from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who are executing a swift takeover of the lifeless, void-of-energy-and-ideas Democrats. The hard-left turn of the Democrats didn’t happen overnight. When Obama took office, there were 60 Democratic senators; now there are 46. The number of House seats held by Democrats has shrunk from 257 to 188.
There are now nine fewer Democratic governors than in 2009. Democrats currently hold fewer elected offices nationwide than at any time since the 1920s. Democrats have clawed back a bit to 47 Senators, 212 House members, and 24 governors. But of the 7,386 state legislators, only 3,237 are Democrats (as opposed to 4,044 Republicans). Republicans “control” 23 states —meaning the governorship and majorities in both legislative houses — while Democrats have just 16.
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