Maybe it’s time to stop mincing words about the stunning leftward turn of the Democratic Party by using descriptions such as progressive, socialist, democratic socialist, and the like. For the most part, purveyors of the far-left ideology ascendant in the party of government adhere to many or most of the principles of communism, or in some cases are themselves outright communists. No matter the descriptor, it’s all about collectivism, whose “warmth” in contrast to the “coldness of rugged individualism” was touted by quasi-communist darling and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
This growing embrace of far-left candidates by rank-and-file Democrats is grabbing headlines in the battle for control of the Senate, and for good reason. In addition to demonstrating a growing appetite among frustrated grassroots Democrats for drastic measures to counter the GOP’s grip on the trifecta of power, it takes the party’s radicalism to another level. While we have certainly seen far-left candidates such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar win seats in individual House districts with favorable demographics, it’s quite another thing when such candidates reach for the Senate, as they are in Maine and Michigan. It elevates the aspirations of the far-left flank of the party to greater heights.
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