The socialist takeover: This is not your parents’ Democratic Party
For years, Republicans warned that the Democratic Party’s activist left was moving toward socialism. In 2026, the debate is no longer mainly about labels: Democratic-socialist candidates are winning nominations, while the Democratic Socialists of America is publishing, in unusually candid language, the anti-American political and economic system it wants to create.
TL;DR
- Democratic-socialist candidates are winning nominations in increasing numbers.
- The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has published its program, *Workers Deserve More*, outlining an anti-American political and economic system.
- Key DSA proposals include free education, universal healthcare, publicly owned housing, abolition of ICE, open borders, public ownership of corporations, aggressive wealth taxes, abolition of the Electoral College and Senate, and replacing the President and Supreme Court.
- The article argues that these proposals aim to destroy major elements of America's economic and constitutional order.
- Public opinion data shows strong support for free enterprise, with socialism viewed less positively.
- Some candidates, not formally DSA members, have exhibited similar radical rhetoric and policy stances.
- The article urges Americans to recognize the shift within the Democratic Party and the implications of the DSA's agenda.