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Socialists prey on Americans’ apathy — even in places you’d never expect

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06.07.2026

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Socialists prey on Americans’ apathy — even in places you’d never expect

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Zohran Mamdani and his cohort are just the first. 

America’s commies — spearheaded by the Democratic Socialists of America — are running the same play across the nation that they’ve run in New York.

Even in places you’d never expect, like my home in eastern Tennessee.

Their latest election success came in Colorado, where Gen Z socialist Melat Kiros ousted 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Col.) in last week’s Democratic primary.

It was another win for the cadre of far-left candidates (many born outside the US) who are much more radical — and much more anti-Israel — than the Democrats they’re replacing. 

Kiros benefited from the DSA’s strategy of targeting low-turnout primary and local races to pick up seats using a disciplined voter-engagement machine. 

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As The Post has reported, Zohran’s candidates won their New York primaries with a single-digit percentage of registered voters — just 7% in the case of Darializa Avila Chevalier, who beat establishment Democrat Rep. Adriano Espaillat in last month’s primary. 

“In some of these districts nobody votes, it’s a very small turnout,” said election expert JC Polanco.

The DSA, he said, has “taken over the party........

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