Socialism Has Finally Reared Its Ugly Head

“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it, and hell where they already have it." Ronald Reagan  

​The death knell for the Democrat Party in New York City yesterday as the DSA (no relation to the traditional Democrat Party) won several key contests ousting several key Democrats from their Congressional seats. Several were previously considered untouchable.

Shades of Joe Crowley when AOC surprised him and us in 2018.

“The roof is collapsing on the Democratic Party establishment tonight,” progressive political activist and CNN commentator Van Jones told Kaitlan Collins as election results rolled in.

“And you can’t write off New York City because this … is a power center for the establishment and the insurgency. And they’re going head to head tonight,” he said.

“And right now, this is no longer a movement. This is a movement and a machine at the same time. And there’s just no way to sugarcoat this: if Mamdani pulls off a hat trick this is a new era in Democratic Party politics.”

He is not wrong. This has been long-coming since AOC became the darling of the media and the left.

And what was once considered the loony fringe of the Democrats, is now rolling to become its voice.

Even Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) whose independent streak has rankled his own party since his own surprise victory in 2022, didn’t hold back in voicing his consternation about Tuesday’s results when speaking to Fox News’ Sean Hannity.

“This has become the dancing days of the dirtbag left,” he said.

“Some of these candidates are outrageous. You have candidates, they [want to] abolish ICE, abolish police, abolish the border. She even said ‘f Kamala Harris’ and more of these outrageous kinds of things,” the senator said, referencing a deleted, expletive-laced social media post by Chevalier in 2021.

He said the slate of candidates who won their races represent the “full pro-Hamas wing” of the party who have declared “war on regular Democrats.”

As well, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) suffered a blow Tuesday night after far-left congressional hopefuls defeated his preferred candidates.

Wins by socialists Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez in the Empire State’s 13th and 7th congressional districts, respectively, along with left Israel-critic Brad Lander’s victory in New York’s 10th District, could complicate Jeffries’ path to retaining the Democratic leadership post, and potentially the speakership, after the November midterms.

Jeffries endorsed defeated incumbent Reps. Dan Goldman (D-NY) and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) for re-election in the 10th and 13th districts – both of whom had pledged to fall in line behind Jeffries if Democrats reclaimed the majority.

The once-revered party of JFK and Truman  is crumbling rapidly before our eyes, at least in New York.

Reagan’s quote about socialism is now alive and well in New York City, too. God Help Us All.