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Everyone’s talking about the big socialist upsurge in the U.S.

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In reality it’s not that big an uprising. The “national leftward pull,” as cited in one news report, consisted of a handful of primary victories in New York and Colorado, two Democratic states choosing among Democrats for November’s mid-term elections. The revolution, as such, consists of parts of the country that were already inclined towards leftyism showing signs of feeling even more lefty than usual.

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Still, it’s captured a lot of attention. Numerous newssitespronounced the results a “socialist sweep.” The New York Post termed it “anti-Israel, anti-capitalist” as well. Fox News warned MAGAites that “the Democratic Socialists of America are dictating their terms and sending warnings to the Democratic Party not to cross them.”

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