Shae Z 👀

I’m a Democrat who believes the anti-American bigots of the DSA are a cancer on the Democratic Party and the American body politic. That’s why I’ve consistently and forcefully condemned the DSA and called on congressional Democratic leaders to do the same. The congressional Democratic leadership should now use their power over committee assignments to keep DSA Congresspeople as far from positions of influence as possible. The DSA did not flip a single seat from red to blue and did nothing to power our national victory, but it did turn out voters in the few deep-blue primaries where its candidates won (and where any Democratic candidate would have won). We can and should be honest about both facts. We can recognize that some of the issues DSA candidates campaigned on resonated with voters while unequivocally condemning their despicable anti-Americanism, anti-Americanism, glorification of terrorists, lawless violence, and calls to seize the means of production and to abolish the police, prisons, and Senate. Mainstream Democrats won this election without the DSA’s help, but we should have the humility to see that a few of the issues it championed struck a chord. Too many Americans can’t afford the health care they need or see a clear path to getting ahead. We should keep those concerns at the center of our own agenda with practical policies that lower the cost of care and expand opportunity for every American. Our party can and must continue to take those concerns seriously while fighting the DSA’s dangerous radicalism every step of the way.