1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: A zone media. 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: This is it could happen here. I'm Garrison Davis. A 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: specter is haunting the United States. Last year, Democratic socialist 4 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 2: Zoron Momdani beat establishment politician Andrew Cuomo in the New 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 2: York mayoral election two times, both in the Democratic primary 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: and the November general. Since then, the Democratic Socialists of 7 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: America have only grown their power in New York City, 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 2: State and the Halls of Congress. Claire Valdez brad Lander 9 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: and Dara Lisa of vi La Chevalier won their congressional primary, 10 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 2: unseating two Democrat incumbents and beating one incumbent backed progressive. 11 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 2: That same night, seven New York City DSA candidates won 12 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 2: their Democratic primaries for the State Assembly and State Senate, 13 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 2: paving the way to send seven new Democratic Socialists to 14 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 2: the New York State Legislature, joining the eight lists already 15 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 2: in office. In total, nine out of the ten insurgent 16 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: candidates on the NYC DSA slate won their races last month, 17 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: beating sitting incumbents and establishment backed candidates. When Hakim Jeffries 18 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: appeared on TV at a DSA election night party, the 19 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: crowd chanted your next The next morning in the Oval office. 20 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 2: President Trump commented on the DSA sweep President. 21 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 3: Trump, great knight for Democratic Socialist candidates last night and 22 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 3: the New York primaries. They swept and knocked out two incumbents. 23 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 4: You're from New York. 24 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 3: Why do you think it is that now the endorsement 25 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 3: of Zorn Mamdani means more than the endorsement of Hakim Jeffries. 26 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 5: Well, they're going radical left and going really. You know, 27 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 5: you talk about the Democrats socialists you took. Really it's 28 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 5: really a communist that's these people. 29 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 6: I watched that one last night. 30 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 5: That's not a socialist, I know, socialist. That's like that 31 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 5: woman is a communist. 32 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 2: Just a week prior, a DSA endorsed candidate won the 33 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: Democratic primary in the Washington, d C. Mayoral election, and 34 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: a DSA member won the primary for the Ward one 35 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 2: City Council seat. Then, a week after the New York 36 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: City sweep, another Democratic Socialist, melot Kiros, won the Democratic 37 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 2: primary in Colorado's first congressional House district, unseating a thirty 38 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 2: year incumbent. This sequence of wins rattled both the Democratic 39 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 2: establishment as well as Trump and the GOP. Here's Trump 40 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: again in the Oval office on June twenty ninth. 41 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 7: Zara Bumdani said in an interview this week that he 42 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 7: was open to being the poster child for socialist candidates. 43 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 7: Are you worried about more socialist candidates across the unit? 44 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 5: I think to speak threat to a nation actually because 45 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 5: it's not socialism, it's way communism. They use it a 46 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 5: social democrat because it sounds so nice, but it's really 47 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 5: communism you're talking about. I think it's the biggest threat 48 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 5: to our nation there is, maybe since our founding. 49 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 2: President Trump spent much of the July fourth weekend commemorating 50 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 2: the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the country attacking communism. 51 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: These are clips from Trump's America to fifty address on 52 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 2: July fourth, and other speeches in press conferences from that 53 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 2: same week. 54 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 8: Communism is a loser and it always will be. The 55 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 8: communist system is the opposite of the American system, and 56 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 8: the communist system has never worked. Our warriors did not 57 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 8: fight communism on battlefields across the world only to have 58 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 8: that menace rear its ugly head right back here in America. 59 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 6: We're not gonna let it happen because it's. 60 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 5: Like a cancer that spreads, and you better stop it fast. 61 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 6: We will never let the United States become a communist country. 62 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 6: You can be loyal to Carl, or you can be 63 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 6: loyal to America. 64 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 8: Communism's a disaster. 65 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 5: It's been proven to be for thousands of years, under 66 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 5: different names, but the same thing. 67 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 6: There is now a resurgence of the communist menace in 68 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,799 Speaker 6: our land, including from newcomers to our country who embrace 69 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 6: ideas totally opposed to our way of life and our 70 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 6: great success. Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty. 71 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 6: It is the greatest threat to our country including World 72 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 6: War One, World War two, Pearl Harbor, or even nine 73 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:35,679 Speaker 6: to eleven. 74 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 2: As the DSA has won seats across the country, the 75 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 2: organization has attracted new members. After the twenty twenty four 76 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:49,679 Speaker 2: presidential election, DSA had about fifty thousand members nationally. This month, 77 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 2: DSA reached over one hundred and twenty thousand members, a 78 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 2: record high. Just the New York City chapter alone has 79 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 2: over fifteen thousand members. Late last year, DSA allocated funding 80 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 2: to open twenty new offices across the country. Around the 81 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 2: June primary, the Zionist extremist group Canary Mission started specifically 82 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 2: targeting NYCDSA with write ups on all ten of the 83 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 2: insurgent candidates. Canary Mission's anti nyc DSA article from before 84 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 2: the election was titled a thousand Zorans Don't threaten me 85 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 2: with a good time. The article not only attacked the 86 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 2: nyc DSA candidates, but also highlighted how the organizational structure 87 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 2: of NYCDSA has established a template for success by running 88 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 2: candidates as a whole block who can campaign together and 89 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 2: then support each other once in office. Quote NYCDSA elected 90 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: officials meet weekly to align votes and coordinate strategy. The 91 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 2: machine doesn't stop. In all caps. In a post on 92 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 2: x The Everything app after the June primary, Canary Mission wrote, 93 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 2: quote New York City DSA is not just growing, it 94 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: is building the machinery to turn radical ideology into political power. 95 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 2: The numbers show the scale the largest DSA chapter in 96 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 2: America roughly ninety thousand volunteers, hundreds of field leads, a 97 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: candidate pipeline, and coordination that continues after election day. This 98 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 2: is how a movement stops looking like protest and starts 99 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 2: looking like infrastructure. New York is the testing ground. The 100 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 2: machine is already being built unquote and yeah, they're right. 101 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,679 Speaker 2: Basically everything in that little quote is one hundred percent true, 102 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 2: and that is what's making both the liberal and conservative 103 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 2: establishment nervous. On the eve of July fourth, Fox News 104 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 2: ran a segment on the Kami Revolution. 105 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: White House Press Secretary of Caroline love It joins us, Now, 106 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: the Kami Revolution, Caroline, did you ever see this coming? 107 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 9: This is It's not your granddaddy's Democrat Party. This is 108 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 9: not the Grand Democrat Party of JFK. This is a 109 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 9: full blown communist revolution that is taking over Capitol Hill. 110 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: If these communies get in, they're going to be a 111 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: powerful little caucus. They're gonna here to blow things up. 112 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: They're not here to negotiate Pentagon funding. They want zero 113 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: Pentagon funding. They're in here to destroy the country. How 114 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: would the president negotiate with people like that? 115 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 9: I'm not sure you can. And I think that's why 116 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 9: the President is being so bold and warning the American 117 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 9: public against this communist takeover of the Democrats. And as 118 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 9: Ronald Reagan perfectly stated, freedom is never more than one 119 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 9: generation away from extinction. If these communists are given a 120 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 9: chance at power here in Washington, DC, if they retake 121 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 9: the majority in Washington away from the Republicans, we will 122 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 9: be heading down a communist takeover. 123 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 2: This concerned by Jesse Waters of Fox News, was also 124 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: the topic of an Axios story from a few days 125 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 2: after the New York primary, with quotes from quote unquote 126 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 2: centrist Democrat lawmakers threatening that there's quote unquote going to 127 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 2: be a war if the new members of Congress try 128 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 2: to utilize their block to win policy concessions, with one 129 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 2: lawmaker calling the incoming members quote bomb throwers, not problem solvers. 130 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 2: The idea is that if the Democrats win a small 131 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 2: House majority in the next election, the growing coalition of democratic, 132 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 2: socialist and left wing populist lawmakers could leverage their needed 133 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 2: votes to get concessions from party leadership and wield an 134 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 2: outsized influence on the party. In this story, Axios wrote 135 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 2: that left wing House reps quote moving on block would 136 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 2: be able to kill party line votes to get their 137 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 2: demands met, much like the far right House Freedom Caucus 138 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 2: has done the past few years. Progressive Rep. Dela Ramirez 139 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 2: of Illinois is quoted in the piece saying that the 140 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 2: Congressional Progressive Caucus has a quote responsibility to be the 141 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 2: strongest voter block to take a stand not for the 142 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 2: establishment but for working people who send us to fight 143 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 2: like hell for them. Threats of war from centrist Democrats 144 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 2: and cries of communism from Fox News and President Trump 145 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 2: show a real fear of the growing momentum DSAY is having, 146 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 2: both as an organization and in the ballot box, and 147 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 2: the fear that this kind of politics won't be contained 148 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: to big cities in blue states. Here is Mom Donnie 149 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 2: being interviewed on ABC shortly after the June primary. 150 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 10: And you knocked off two Democratic incumbent members of Congress. 151 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 10: Is this like a unique moment in New York or 152 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 10: is this the beginning of a national movement. 153 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 7: I think we are seeing a hunger that is not 154 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 7: just felt by New Yorkers, but frankly by Americans from 155 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 7: coast to coast for a new kind of politics, one 156 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 7: that puts working people at the heart of it. And 157 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 7: I think for far too long, what we as a 158 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 7: party have been able to say to New Yorkers who 159 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 7: are struggling is simply to explain why they're struggling, not 160 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 7: actually offer them a vision for how to make life better. 161 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,599 Speaker 7: And these candidates Brad Daria, Liza Claire. They ran campaigns 162 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 7: that spoke to working people and that said life in 163 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 7: the nation's most expensive city need not be this way 164 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 7: any longer. And I can't wait to have them as 165 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 7: partners in DC and Network. 166 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 2: We'll be right back with Mike Johnson after this at break. 167 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 2: Three days after the DSA sweep in New York, Republican 168 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 2: House Speaker Mike Johnson gave the keynote address at the 169 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 2: Faith and Freedom Conference, where he essentially did free propaganda 170 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 2: for the DSA. 171 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 11: The DSA, the Democrats Socialists of America sounds so innocuous, 172 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 11: doesn't it. No, it doesn't. I will say that this 173 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 11: is their platform. Listen, this is actually quotes from their 174 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 11: platform that they published I think about a day or 175 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 11: two ago. You can find this on the internet. Okay, 176 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 11: here's just a sample of what they're about. They put 177 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 11: this on paper. They're saying the quiet things out loud. 178 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 11: Abolish the Electoral College or replace the two party system 179 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 11: with a multi party democracy. Expand the House of Representatives. 180 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 11: Implement proportional representation and rank choice voting in all elections. 181 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 11: Abolish well establish public ownership of the largest corporations and 182 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 11: essential industries to ensure democratic control and accountability to the people. 183 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 11: Abolish ice and grant amnesty for all. 184 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,079 Speaker 2: This isn't the quiet part out loud. This is democratic 185 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 2: socialism one oh one, empowering workers by increasing democratic control 186 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: of our own government and the unaccountable corporations that rule 187 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 2: over our lives. But here's more from Mike Johnson. 188 00:11:56,520 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 11: In sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran Palestine. Quote for 189 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 11: a free Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital. End all 190 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 11: military and economic aid to Israel. Prosecute US and Israeli 191 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:15,719 Speaker 11: leaders responsible for the genocide in Gaza. Abolish the carceral state. 192 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 6: Quote. 193 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 11: Redirect police and prison funding to public services as steps 194 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 11: towards abolishing the carceral forces of the capitalist state. Y'all. 195 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 11: It goes on and on on. Defund the Department of War, 196 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 11: replace the President and the Supreme Court with an executive 197 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 11: and judiciary chosen and subordinate to Congress, which they're hoping 198 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 11: to take over. And the last one is abolished the Senate. Now, 199 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 11: some of you may agree with that, but don't just 200 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 11: leave that one there. Okay, it's fine, I'm kidding. 201 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 2: The fact that the sitting House speaker felt the need 202 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 2: to address these proposals signifies a serious Overton windows shift, 203 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 2: an opening up of the conversation on ending in humans sections, 204 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 2: reforming the Supreme Court, defunding the Pentagon, and abolishing the 205 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 2: uniquely undemocratic institution of the Senate. Will that last one 206 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: happen anytime soon? Probably not, but Mike Johnson apparently believes 207 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 2: this is a topic worthy of public debate. This past Tuesday, 208 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,599 Speaker 2: Mike Johnson announced that the Pentagon is requesting an additional 209 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 2: three hundred and fifty billion dollars. 210 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 11: You've heard the President talk about how he wants to 211 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 11: effectively double the funding for national defense. Look, we live 212 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 11: in dangerous time for fighting communism on our own shores, 213 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 11: and we're fighting evil terrorists and and tyrants around the world. 214 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 2: Meanwhile, also this past Tuesday, DSA released the full version 215 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 2: of their new national platform, which is what Mike Johnson 216 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 2: was quoting from. This platform is titled Workers Deserve More 217 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 2: and Beyond what Mike Johnson has already helpfully outlined. It 218 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 2: also contains paid family leaf for all workers, a thirty 219 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 2: two hour workweek, a living minimum wage, canceling student debt, 220 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 2: universal healthcare, building publicly owned social housing, honoring all treaties 221 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 2: and tribal sovereignty, finishing reconstruction, ending mass incarceration and police immunity, 222 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 2: a federal jobs guarantee, publicly owned energy and transit infrastructure, 223 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 2: ending the US four machine, a free Palestine, ending all 224 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 2: aid to Israel, prosecuting those responsible for the gazogenocide, DC statehood, 225 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 2: getting rid of lobbyists, dark money, and citizens united and 226 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 2: publicly financing all elections, while expanding and protecting voter rights 227 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 2: and ending voter suppression, and of course, abolishing ice. You 228 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 2: can read the full platform in more detail at program 229 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 2: dot DSAUSA dot org. I'll link it below. It's not 230 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 2: very long and quite easy to read. It starts with 231 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 2: a preamble to contextualize the goals of the organization and 232 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 2: the purpose of an ambitious platform in our current moment. 233 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 2: I'll quote from a section of that preamble. Now quote, 234 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 2: If we lived in a classless society and governed ourselves, 235 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 2: we could freely build a world without war or poverty. 236 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 2: We could build a world where no one suffers for 237 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 2: their race, gender, or religion, and everyone is free, equal, 238 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 2: and cared for. Building this world is the guiding star 239 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 2: of our movement. When we labor for our common good 240 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 2: instead of private profit. We can all have a secure 241 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 2: and dignified life and use our time and talents how 242 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 2: we wish. To achieve this future, our class must organize. 243 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 2: The Democratic Socialists of America is building a party whose 244 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 2: goal is a democratic society of the working class. Our 245 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 2: enemies are not just individual bosses, but the entire global 246 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 2: system of capital. Not just this or that cop, judge, 247 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 2: or president, but the entire anti democratic structure of our society. 248 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 2: We are workers fighting to transform society, to win the 249 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 2: battle for democracy, draft a new constitution, and create a 250 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: democratic socialist republic. DSA has written this program for ending 251 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 2: capitalist oligarchy and creating a real democracy. Some of these 252 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 2: demands maybe one under our current system, but we know 253 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 2: complete victory will require building a new society from the 254 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 2: ground up. We push these demands to their furthest extent 255 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 2: today so that we can fight for their fullest realization 256 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 2: in a socialist future. Meanwhile, let's check in on the liberals. 257 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 2: On CNN's State of the Union, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro 258 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 2: was asked about the recent DSA electoral wins. Democratic voters 259 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 2: in New York chose three candidates back by Zorammdani, far 260 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: left and Democratic Socialist candidates. What message do you take 261 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 2: from that about where your party is. 262 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 4: You know, those were races in individual districts in a 263 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 4: whole other state. I think you're seeing very different looking 264 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 4: congressional races and certainly different Democratic canidates here in Pennsylvania. 265 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 2: That's an interesting point being made by Governor Shapiro, who 266 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 2: seems to be ignoring the fact that the first congressional 267 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 2: primary win for a Democratic Socialist this year was in 268 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 2: Pennsylvania's third district this past May, Democratic Socialist Chris Robb 269 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 2: beat a candidate backed by the retiring incumbent, a candidate 270 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 2: who compared calling the genocide and Gaza a genocide to 271 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 2: saying the N word. But Jos Shapiro is not the 272 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 2: only one trying to argue that DSA's success is limited 273 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 2: to places like New York. Londons have been saying the 274 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 2: same thing ever since Mamdani won the primary over a 275 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 2: year ago, but following the slate sweep last month, some 276 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 2: Democratic lawmakers have tried to minimize the increasing trend of 277 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 2: socialist candidates beating both moderate and sometimes even progressive politicians. 278 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,719 Speaker 10: The reaction from Democrats has been something. You've had some 279 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 10: prominent Democrats missive of what happened here. I mean, you 280 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 10: had Senator Blumenthal say the effort to nationalize New York 281 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,880 Speaker 10: is going to fail. What happened in New York will 282 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 10: be really irrelevant by the time of the elections in November. 283 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 10: Jakeem Jeffreys basically said the same thing, saying that this 284 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 10: is not indicative of what needs to happen in November. 285 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 10: What do you make of that? 286 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 7: You know, I think that when you ask Americans what 287 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 7: they're feeling in this moment, amidst reports of an economated 288 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 7: strengthening of stock market that's booming, you will hear an 289 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 7: exhaustion at having to try and make ends meet every 290 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 7: single day, every single week, every single month, and that 291 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 7: it's getting harder and harder. And so a message of 292 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 7: fighting for working people. We don't have to nationalize that message. 293 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 7: That is a national message's a national crisis. And for 294 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 7: far too long, all we've had to say as a 295 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 7: party is opposition to the current administration. What do we 296 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 7: have to say beyond that? And what these candidates offer 297 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 7: is a vision that extends beyond the midterms. It extends 298 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 7: beyond twenty twenty eight. It speaks to what makes so 299 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 7: many of us proud to be Democrats. It speaks to 300 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 7: a vision that goes back to a new deal understanding 301 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 7: of what working people deserve. And I'll tell you that 302 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 7: for too long, that kind of politics you can only 303 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 7: find it in history books, and we need to bring 304 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 7: it back to the present day. 305 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 2: On CNN, Joshapiro addressed his disagreements with one particular candidate 306 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 2: in New York, Chevalier, saying, quote, her district voted for her, 307 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 2: but I have profound differences from that particular candidate, and 308 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 2: she's not someone who seemingly I would agree with on 309 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 2: many things, or that we share similar values. She ran 310 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 2: on the Democratic ticket. I guess she is a socialist. 311 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 2: Her voters in that district determined that she was the 312 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 2: one they wanted representing her. 313 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 4: I think what is important are the people who are 314 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 4: making a lot of noise, who are engaging in these 315 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 4: performative politics, have to now figure out how to deliver results. 316 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 4: It's one thing to speak in platitudes during a campaign. 317 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 4: It's a whole other thing to actually deliver for people 318 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 4: who are genuinely hurting, who genuinely need to see cost 319 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 4: of living go down, meaning their ability to make ends meet, 320 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 4: you know, go off, fixing a broken healthcare system, reining 321 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 4: in excesses, being able to give people the promise of 322 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 4: liberty that we've talked about. I think we as a 323 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 4: party need to find our way toward candidates who actually 324 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 4: can deliver for people and make their lives better. 325 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 2: I'm curious who Shapiro thinks such candidates may be, because 326 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty four election showed that voters lost faith 327 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 2: that National Dems could deliver any of those things. Whereas 328 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 2: in just six months, Democratic Socialist Zora Mamdani delivered free childcare, 329 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 2: a two year rent freeze, a new plan to make 330 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 2: bus as faster, all well balancing the budget and overcoming 331 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 2: a twelve billion dollar deficit left by Eric Adams. 332 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 7: We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like 333 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 7: if a socialist wins. I won last November and over 334 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 7: the course of these last six months, what we've delivered 335 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 7: for working people are the very things we were told 336 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 7: were impossible. We've delivered free childcare for two year olds 337 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 7: for the first time in New York City history. We've 338 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 7: delivered tens of millions of dollars back to tenants who 339 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 7: were taken advantage of by bad landlords. We've delivered one 340 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 7: hundred and sixty five thousand potholes being paved, and we've 341 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 7: done all of these things while also delivering the lowest 342 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 7: recorded crime in our city's history. That's what it looks 343 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 7: like to have democratic socialism. And what you're seeing is 344 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 7: that New Yorkers experienced this for six months and made 345 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,719 Speaker 7: the decision that they wanted to see more of it 346 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 7: on the national stage as well. 347 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 2: Governor Shapiro has said the Democratic Party is going through 348 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 2: quote a battle over what we believe in unquote, and 349 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 2: I think that's true, but moderates can never seem to 350 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 2: really express what they believe in beyond opposition to both 351 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 2: Trump and the Democratic Socialists. Meanwhile, Momdani is on the 352 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,719 Speaker 2: news clearly articulating what he believes in and why the 353 00:21:57,760 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 2: party should believe in it too. 354 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 7: I think it has to stand for working people, and 355 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 7: I think it has to be willing to fight for 356 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 7: working people. And I think that there are some who 357 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 7: are offended by the prospect of a party that knows 358 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 7: who it fights for and goes every day to work 359 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 7: for that, because what we've seen over many years is 360 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 7: a willingness to not only explain away the status quo, 361 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 7: but frankly even to look to benefit from the status quo. 362 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 7: And that's not what working people are looking for from 363 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 7: our party. 364 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 10: Can a Democratic Socialists get elected president? 365 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 7: I think a Democratic Socialist can get elected anywhere across 366 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 7: this country for any position. What I think we need 367 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 7: to bring is a focus on working. 368 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,479 Speaker 10: People, and that's the direction that the party should go in. 369 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 10: And in terms of a selecting a candidate for twenty 370 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 10: twenty eight. 371 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 7: I think the direction that the party should go in 372 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 7: is how best to fight for working people. I think 373 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 7: we need to have a platform and a vision that 374 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 7: doesn't sound as if it was cooked up by consultants, 375 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 7: but instead one that you would say in response to 376 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 7: someone who's asking, why can't I afford my rent, Why 377 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 7: can't I afford my groceries, Why can't I afford my childcare? 378 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 7: We need to make clear who we stand for, how 379 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,440 Speaker 7: we're going to stand for them, and that we're actually 380 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 7: willing to fight for them when the going gets tough. 381 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 2: As red Scare style rhetoric has surged on the right, 382 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 2: we've begun to see more establishment Dems team up with 383 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 2: conservative media and Republican politicians in trying to take down 384 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 2: the DSA to protect their shared class interests. This was 385 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 2: already happening throughout the New York mayoral race last year, 386 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 2: eventually leading to Trump endorsing Andrew Cuomo on the eve 387 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 2: of the election. But as the DSA keeps building power 388 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 2: and winning races across the country, so too will this 389 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 2: bipartisan ruling class alliance continue to spread. Late last month, 390 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 2: Democratic advisor James Carville went on Fox News to discuss 391 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 2: the danger of democratic socialism and the possibility of a 392 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 2: party schism. Since then, Fox has been airing clips of 393 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 2: Carville's own podcast where he attacks the DSA. 394 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 12: Socialism surge is triting to shake up the Democratic Party. 395 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 12: Big wins from Mondani backed candidates in New York this 396 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 12: week just the latest the Democratic Socialists of America. Veteran 397 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 12: Democratic strategist James Carville says it could be time to split. 398 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 13: I actually do think it's time for Democrats to talk 399 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 13: the S word, excise them. 400 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 2: I really do. 401 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 13: Everybody's always said, no, no, we were coalition. We're a 402 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 13: big temp and as there's just some that I can't 403 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 13: be in the same camp with. 404 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 2: Later in that segment, Fox brought on a quote unquote 405 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 2: Democratic strategist who worked under Andrew Cuiomo to rail against 406 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 2: socialists trying to hijack the party. 407 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 14: Now, listen, I've been saying this for the last several 408 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,959 Speaker 14: months and trying to sound the alarm on this. 409 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 2: These people are not Democrats. 410 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 14: They are socialists. And what they've done is they have strategically, 411 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 14: in the last ten years, since Burney did his run 412 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 14: in twenty sixteen, come up with a strategy in order 413 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 14: to take over the Democratic Party. They very organize, they've 414 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 14: been working on the local level. But make no mistake, 415 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 14: these are not Democrats. They fundamentally do not believe in 416 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 14: the same things as far as public safety, as far 417 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 14: as the seizure of private property, as far as celebrating 418 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 14: terrorism and stoking anti Semitism, and so yes, big tent. 419 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 14: We've always been a big tant no to hijack tent. 420 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 14: And the reality is they should start their own party 421 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 14: and run there, but they know that won't be successful, 422 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 14: so they're trying to take over hours and it is 423 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 14: a disaster. 424 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 2: As already mentioned, moderate Democrats in the House are threatening 425 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 2: quote unquote war and high level Democratic Party figures have 426 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 2: been airing frustrations that DSA candidates are benefiting from running 427 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 2: on the Democratic ballot line while seeking to fundamentally change 428 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 2: the nature of the party itself. Former chair of the DNC, 429 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 2: Jamie Harrison wrote quote, I say this with no ill 430 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 2: will or animosity. If you hate the Democratic Party, then 431 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 2: please don't run for our nomination. Don't use our resource is, 432 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 2: don't rely on our volunteers, don't use our infrastructure. Don't 433 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 2: ask Democrats to invest their time, money and energy into 434 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 2: your campaign. Focus on building the party you actually support. 435 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 2: Political parties aren't perfect, but they're built by millions of 436 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 2: people who knockdoors, make calls, organized meetings, and fight for 437 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 2: the values they believe in. If you don't believe in 438 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 2: the party, then don't ask its members to carry you 439 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 2: across the finish line. Something that Jamie Harrison seems to 440 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 2: not quite comprehend, which makes sense considering is the former 441 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 2: chair of the DNC under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, 442 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 2: is that party nominees are supposed to be chosen by 443 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 2: the voters, not party elites, and these Democratic Socialist candidates 444 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 2: are winning primaries despite strong opposition from state Democratic parties, 445 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 2: entrenched political machines in city government, and national establishment forces. 446 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 2: The DSA has to outorganize the Democratic is stable puishment 447 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 2: and overcome the power of corporate money just to get 448 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 2: on the Democratic ballot line in November. Of course, if 449 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 2: DSA candidates ran third party, then people like Jamie Harrison 450 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 2: would just claim that they are spoiler candidates helping the 451 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 2: GOP win. There's no satisfying these people. They just have 452 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 2: to be beaten. Vice chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party, 453 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 2: Mariama James smeared all DSA members as having a quote 454 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 2: unquote white supremacist mindset after she lost the primary for 455 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 2: State Assembly District sixty five in Chinatown and the Lower 456 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 2: East Side to DSA candidate Iyappa syrit Pak. In this 457 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 2: same election cycle, the ADL and Congressman Josh Gotttheimer attacked 458 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 2: Mamdani for referring to dark money super packs like Apak 459 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 2: as quote unquote monsters in reference to the Gramsheet quote 460 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 2: the old world is dying and the new world struggles 461 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 2: to be born. Now is the time of monsters. The 462 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 2: ADL and Congressman Gotttheimer claimed that both dark money and 463 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 2: the word monster invoked anti Semitic tropes. Meanwhile, senior advisor 464 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 2: to Adriano Espayot, chair of the Congressional Spanic Caucus, who 465 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 2: was up against Chevalier, weaponized anti Haitian animus towards Chevalier, 466 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 2: who is Afro Latina, and on a Spanish language podcast Spiatza, 467 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 2: senior advisor said that Mamdani wanted to change the demographics 468 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 2: of the Washington Heights neighborhood in Upper Manhattan by making 469 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 2: it quote no longer be a bastion of the Dominican community, 470 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 2: but instead a bastion of the Haitian Muslim community allied 471 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 2: to him unquote. Congressman Josh Gotttheimer responded to the DSA's 472 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 2: victory in the Democratic primary by continuing to attack the 473 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 2: now Democratic nominees and released a centrist manifesto rebuking communism. 474 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 2: DSA asked Mayor mum Donni about the manesto and the 475 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 2: Democratic politicians like Gotttheimer who claim that socialists can't be democrats. 476 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 10: Josh Gottheimer, a Democratic member of Congress, said many of 477 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 10: us believe as do I, if you're a socialist, you 478 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 10: are not a democrat and In fact, they put out 479 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 10: a manifesto today. Have you seen this thing? 480 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 7: Sounds pretty socialist to me. 481 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 10: It's not a communist manifesto. It's a moderate manifesto saying 482 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 10: we are capitalists and not socialists. We believe in a growing, 483 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 10: fair and competitive economy, entrepreneurship, ownership. I mean, this is 484 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 10: a direct response. They've made it clear to what you 485 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 10: did here on Tuesday. 486 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 7: Well, I mean, you know, that's great, But what's a 487 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 7: party if not its voters. And I'm proud to sit 488 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 7: in front of you as the mayor of our city, 489 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 7: having received more than a million votes a little over 490 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 7: a little less than a year ago. And when we're 491 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 7: talking about these incredible congressional candidates, they won their races, 492 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 7: and they won their races with the vision of what 493 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 7: politics should be and one that actually speaks to working people. 494 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 7: And for a lot of people who ask themselves what 495 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 7: does democratic socialism mean? And you can tell them the answer. 496 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 7: At a theoretical level, it's the choice to extend democracy 497 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 7: from the ballot box the rest of their lives. But 498 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 7: in terms of what it means, over these last seven months, 499 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 7: we've seen a city with democratic socialist principles at the 500 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,959 Speaker 7: heart of it within our administration. 501 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 2: We will return to discuss how communists and Miss Rachel 502 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 2: are teaming up to destroy America after this ad break. 503 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 2: Last Saturday, Fox News write a story about the DSA's 504 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 2: new national platform, workers deserve More. Let's take a listen. 505 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 15: Fox News has obtained documents from the Democratic Socialists of 506 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 15: America revealing the group's updated platform, which is even more 507 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 15: radical than before. Now they plan to release this next week. 508 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 15: Listen to this. The United States Senate eliminated gone the President, 509 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 15: and the Supreme Court replaced the Department of War defunded 510 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 15: all immigrants given amnesty. That is the plan. 511 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,719 Speaker 2: The rest of the Fox report tried to paint DSA 512 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:16,479 Speaker 2: as being driven by anarchists, Marxists, and crazy communists who 513 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 2: want to destroy the country. The report highlighted a few 514 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 2: of the niche caucuses within DSA that focus on anti imperialism, 515 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 2: promote anti electoralism. 516 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 15: And explicitly push communism. 517 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 2: Later on, in this segment, former White House Deputy Chief 518 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 2: of Staff and Trump's current top electoral advisor, James Blair 519 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 2: joined the program to discuss the communist menace. 520 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 15: James, this is what you're up against in the midterms, 521 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 15: and we keep hearing it's a New York problem, except 522 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 15: here we go. There are DSA candidates in Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, 523 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 15: New Hampshire. So what is your plan to defeat these radicals? 524 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 16: Well, I think we just have to bring their issues 525 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 16: to the American people, and the American people are going 526 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 16: to reject them. Let's talk about the views that they're 527 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 16: actually espousing and what they want to bring to the country. 528 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 16: You said it as they say in their documents. Or 529 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 16: all amnesty for all illegal immigrants, no deportations at all, 530 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 16: not even the criminals. 531 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 2: Let me think, when was the last time an unpopular 532 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 2: incumbent party failed to address eCOM issues affecting working class 533 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 2: voters and just tried to hold onto power by fear 534 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 2: mongering about the opposition's platform. Oh yeah, twenty twenty four, 535 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 2: when the Democrats tried and failed spectacularly to campaign on 536 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 2: stopping Project twenty twenty five. But now the tables are turned, 537 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 2: so by all means, mister Blair, don't try to offer 538 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 2: an actual alternative platform that improves workers' lives. Just tell 539 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 2: them all about the DSA's platform instead, especially when Ice 540 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 2: is historically unpopular and can't seem to not murder someone 541 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 2: every week, Believe it or not. This Fox News segment 542 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 2: actually ended by talking about the threat posed by evil 543 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 2: far left communists and children's educational YouTuber Miss Rachel. 544 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,479 Speaker 15: Let's remind our viewers who Miss Rachel is if your 545 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 15: kids do not watch her like mine, do not this 546 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 15: Miss Rachel. Are you guys afraid to take on Miss Rachel? 547 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 16: I would love to take on Miss Rachel. It'll be 548 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 16: the end of her show, which would be a service 549 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 16: to America. My kids and I have four under the 550 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 16: age of six. They also don't watch her. She's radically 551 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 16: far left. 552 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 7: Her show is. 553 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 16: Really about indoctrinating children, and honestly, if that's the fight 554 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 16: we have to have, I'm happy to have it. 555 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 7: No problem. 556 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 4: We will beat her like a drum. 557 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. That sure sounds like a message that will resonate 558 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 2: with voters. Data for Progress ran a survey last month 559 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 2: asking over two thousand likely voters what actors are most 560 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 2: harmful to our society and the economy. At Number one 561 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 2: was billionaires, number two two corporate landlords, three sports, gambling, 562 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:09,799 Speaker 2: four artificial intelligence, and five cryptocurrency. The Republican Party was 563 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 2: found to be the seventh most harmful, and the Democratic 564 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 2: Party was the ninth. So, despite popular opposition to things 565 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 2: that DSA candidates are specifically trying to address, Trump seems 566 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 2: to believe that just screaming communism will stymy the growth 567 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 2: of democratic socialism and scare voters away from voting in 568 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:31,240 Speaker 2: their class interest. 569 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,319 Speaker 6: Liberal became so tarnished. But now it's communists, you know, 570 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 6: they say social democrats. No social democrat is a communist, all. 571 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,919 Speaker 5: Right, you see, And there's no So if you look 572 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,160 Speaker 5: at the people that are running, it's crazy what they're doing. 573 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,760 Speaker 5: But we will we'll never let that happen to this country. 574 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 5: It can't happen to the country. Can there's no appetite 575 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:51,239 Speaker 5: for it. 576 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:56,280 Speaker 2: If there's no appetite for it, how come Bernie Sanders 577 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 2: and Zornmmdani are the two most popular sitting politic in 578 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:05,840 Speaker 2: the country. How come one in ten Mamdanni voters voted 579 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,480 Speaker 2: for Trump in twenty twenty four. That's over one hundred 580 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 2: thousand voters who backed Trump and then a year later 581 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 2: voted for Mamdani. Candidates like Zoron are not just appealing 582 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 2: to a sizeable portion of people who voted Trump, but 583 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 2: are also pulling in new voters who might, for the 584 00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:28,279 Speaker 2: first time in their lives, actually have something to vote for. 585 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 2: In New York City, around two hundred and sixty thousand 586 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 2: people registered to vote in twenty twenty five, more than 587 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:39,920 Speaker 2: double that of the last mayoral election in twenty twenty one. 588 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,239 Speaker 2: Almost two thirds of those new voters were under the 589 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:47,280 Speaker 2: age of thirty. A CATO pull from late June found 590 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 2: that among millennials, fifty percent were favorable towards capitalism, but 591 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 2: forty percent were favorable to socialism and twenty nine percent 592 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 2: were favorable towards communism. These percentages total over one hundred 593 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 2: because this was a multiple choice selection, but the numbers 594 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,880 Speaker 2: among Gen Z are even more striking. According to this 595 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:13,279 Speaker 2: Cato poll, fifty three percent of Gen Z respondents were 596 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 2: favorable towards socialism, forty five percent to capitalism, and thirty 597 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:22,880 Speaker 2: eight percent to communism. The New York Times ran an 598 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 2: article this past Tuesday about how support for NYCDSA candidates 599 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 2: in the last election was not divided by race, but 600 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:36,000 Speaker 2: rather by age, with older voters tending to support establishment 601 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:41,840 Speaker 2: candidates while younger voters backed insurgent challengers. A Yugov poll 602 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,759 Speaker 2: from June twenty ninth showed that the favorability of socialism 603 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,800 Speaker 2: was at fifty eight percent among Democrats and just eleven 604 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:54,960 Speaker 2: percent unfavorable. Among independents, socialism was thirty four percent unfavorable 605 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:59,359 Speaker 2: to thirty percent favorable, and among Republicans seventy one percent 606 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 2: unfavorable to eleven percent favorable. An Echelon poll from early 607 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:08,719 Speaker 2: July asked democrats should the DSA have a larger or 608 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,799 Speaker 2: smaller influence on the Democratic Party than they currently do. 609 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 2: Forty six percent of Democrats said the DSA should have 610 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:21,720 Speaker 2: a larger influence, twenty one percent said smaller, and thirty 611 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:27,560 Speaker 2: three percent were unsure. Following the DSA's congressional victories last month, 612 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,799 Speaker 2: there have been multiple think pieces in the Atlantic about 613 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,080 Speaker 2: how the DSA has gotten too radical and abandoned its 614 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 2: social democratic roots, and how quote unquote Democrats became great 615 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,359 Speaker 2: by fighting the left in the post war period, when 616 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:47,040 Speaker 2: liberals fought off a communist incursion into the Democratic Party 617 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 2: led by Henry Wallace, former vice president to FDR. An 618 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,920 Speaker 2: opinion piece in The Washington Post penned by the president 619 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,680 Speaker 2: and executive vice president of the Centrist think Tank third 620 00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:03,680 Speaker 2: Way are igued that quote DSA's radicalism makes it not 621 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:07,799 Speaker 2: a faction to be appeased, but a movement to be opposed. 622 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 2: They insist that democratic socialist ideas are quote unquote electoral poison, 623 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 2: and claim that quote far left governance has also been 624 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 2: a failure, while ignoring the biggest most recent example of 625 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:26,520 Speaker 2: far left governance New York City. On first glance, this 626 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 2: piece in the Washington Post presents a contradictory problem that 627 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 2: DSA will hand Republicans perfect attack ad fodder that will 628 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 2: tank Democrats electoral chances, especially in swing states. But on 629 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:44,400 Speaker 2: the other hand, they believe the biggest threat posed by 630 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,560 Speaker 2: DSA is that their candidates are continuing to win elections 631 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:53,839 Speaker 2: and may thus transform the makeup of the Democratic Party, or, 632 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 2: as the author's right, the DSA's commitment is to quote 633 00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:01,800 Speaker 2: hollowing out the Democratic Party from within, in by primary 634 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:06,239 Speaker 2: ing sitting Democrats and replacing them with quote unquote ideological zealots. 635 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 2: To this point, the authors directly compare dsay's wave of 636 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,760 Speaker 2: success to the Republican Tea Party movement from around twenty 637 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 2: ten that reshaped the GOP and set the stage for 638 00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 2: Trump to come rolling in and slingshot the Republicans into power. 639 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,320 Speaker 2: They wrote that for years the Tea Party quote looked 640 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:32,400 Speaker 2: like self sabotage. Then a charismatic outsider arrived, harnessed the 641 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:36,640 Speaker 2: energy the Tea Party fomented, and took over the Republican Party. 642 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,720 Speaker 2: Democrats who assume a takeover can't happen have learned nothing 643 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 2: from the death of the Party of Reagan. The DSA 644 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,839 Speaker 2: is building a left wing ideological movement waiting for its 645 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:54,280 Speaker 2: standard bearer unquote. So the DSA is both electoral poison, 646 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:58,560 Speaker 2: but also risks being so popular and so successful that 647 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,920 Speaker 2: democratic socialism could take over the Democratic Party. Despite all 648 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:07,640 Speaker 2: the concern trolling, the author's real fear isn't that DSA's 649 00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:11,840 Speaker 2: radical rhetoric will sabotage Democrats' ability to win elections, but 650 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 2: that the DSA's recent victories could very well lead to 651 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:19,879 Speaker 2: a Democratic Party with workers at the forefront, and such 652 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,920 Speaker 2: a party would threaten the class interests of think take 653 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:27,000 Speaker 2: gules like those at Third Way. One of the biggest 654 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 2: results of DSA's electoral strategy, beyond winning seats, is reorienting 655 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:38,279 Speaker 2: American politics back to a class based understanding of politics. 656 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:43,680 Speaker 2: Whether that's framed in red scare terms like capitalism versus communism, 657 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:48,360 Speaker 2: more slopulist rhetoric like regular people versus the quote unquote 658 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:54,000 Speaker 2: Epstein class or simply the working class against the bipartisan elites. 659 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:58,400 Speaker 2: The DSA's momentum and this new red scare point to 660 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:03,040 Speaker 2: a return of class politics, and this is the result 661 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:06,360 Speaker 2: of Democratic Socialists, especially the New York chapter of DSA, 662 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:10,560 Speaker 2: who have been slowly building power the past decade, experimenting, 663 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 2: winning local races and increasing their organizational capacity. After the 664 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,160 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four election, the Democratic Party was in a 665 00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:23,759 Speaker 2: uniquely compromised state. Then state Assembly members Or Mumdani and 666 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:28,400 Speaker 2: the DSA seized on this opportunity to redefine what democratic 667 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,040 Speaker 2: politics are, show that they can win, and demonstrate that 668 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,320 Speaker 2: they can succeed at governing and advancing the interests of 669 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,280 Speaker 2: the working class in the biggest city in the country. 670 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:43,920 Speaker 2: While reacting to Mayor Mumdani's Independence Day speech, Steve Bannon 671 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:48,600 Speaker 2: cautioned against dismissing the threat posed by Mamdani. 672 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:52,440 Speaker 17: This is quite serious. If you dismiss this guy and 673 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,840 Speaker 17: dismiss the people around him, and dismissed the money and 674 00:41:54,880 --> 00:42:01,360 Speaker 17: back of him. You are missing something that's more powerful 675 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,400 Speaker 17: than Obama. And it's not just this guy, it's the 676 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:05,640 Speaker 17: team around him. 677 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,920 Speaker 2: Of course, Steve Bannon cannot understand that something like Momdanie 678 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:14,400 Speaker 2: isn't the result of big money, but rather regular people, 679 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:19,720 Speaker 2: individual donors, and one hundred thousand volunteers who actually believe 680 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:24,480 Speaker 2: in fighting for a positive political project. The next major 681 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:29,120 Speaker 2: test of that project will be in Wisconsin, where Democratic 682 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 2: Socialist candidate to Francesca Hong is running for governor. If 683 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,560 Speaker 2: she wins her upcoming primary come November, this election will 684 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,880 Speaker 2: be the biggest test case to see if Democratic socialists 685 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:44,759 Speaker 2: can organize and win statewide in a swing state. See 686 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:50,360 Speaker 2: you on the other side. It Could Happen Here is 687 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:51,920 Speaker 2: a production of cool Zone Media. 688 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:55,160 Speaker 9: For more podcasts from cool Zone Media, visit our website 689 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,800 Speaker 9: coolzonmedia dot com, or check us out on the iHeartRadio app, 690 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,759 Speaker 9: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 691 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,120 Speaker 2: You can now find sources for It Could Happen here, 692 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:07,120 Speaker 2: listed directly in episode descriptions. Thanks for listening.