Why Democrats Are In Disarray
A socialist insurgency by elite leftists alienates actual working people who vote
CNN is reporting on a “midterm war” in the Democratic Party over the rise of Democratic Socialism.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York reportedly confronted Sen. Bernie Sanders over his “meddling” in a primary challenge against Rep. Valerie Foushee in North Carolina during a recent phone call.
“He seemed to not care,” said Rep. Greg Meeks of New York, “a Jeffries ally” on that call. I believe Rep. Meeks because Sanders really does not care about black representation in Congress. Sanders wants Democratic Socialism represented in Congress. It can come in any color, for him.
Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam, the first Muslim woman elected to office in North Carolina, was endorsed by Sanders, Justice Democrats, Sunrise Movement, and the Working Families Party.
Foushee won the March primary by a single percentage point. It was just one of several races in which the progressive wing of the Democratic Party challenged the ‘old guard’, which just happens to include the old Democratic Party coalition.
The youth vanguard of Democratic Socialism is led mainly by immigrant populations, these days. Rep. Ro Khanna, a Hindu, comes to mind. So does Allam, or Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Senate candidate, both Muslims.
Demographic displacement is not only painful, but unpopular. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigned for El-Sayed in Detroit last week. About three-quarters of the city’s population is black. Fox News reporter David Marcus found only around 100 people at the venue.
Among them were “fewer Black people than you could find at Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s restricted beach club in Rhode Island.” The Congressional Black Caucus has endorsed Haley Stevens in the race.
Marcus talked to “the spokesperson for Don Offord, the progressive running for the Democratic nomination in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District.”
One of the animating elements of this socialist insurgency became crystal clear, as he couldn’t stop talking about AIPAC.
“Don doesn’t take any money from AIPAC (the pro-Israel lobbying group),” Mark said proudly. I asked him if this could be a problem, not just with Jewish voters, but with moderate Democrats who support the Jewish state. A kind of shock fell over him, as if he’d never considered this, and he just refused to answer.
El-Sayed has found the limits of DSA pandering as well in Michigan, for he has distanced himself from ideological socialism while keeping the progressive economic agenda. He “believes” in a capitalism that is “regulated”. It is the DSA agenda — Medicare For All, wealth taxes, and businesses breakups — wearing a suit and tie.
This intersectional car-crash is coming into focus now because of the disaster in Maine, where Democrats are scrambling to replace Graham Platner as their challenger to incumbent Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
