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NY socialist sweep shows new Dem slogan: We hate America

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If you’re looking for a reason to feel even a touch hopeful after seeing the most radical Democrat Socialists sweep New York’s Democratic primaries, consider the following number: Eight.

That, roughly, is the percentage of all residents in the 13th congressional district that cast their votes this week, giving Darializa Avila Chevalier a commanding victory over the incumbent, Adriano Espaillat.

Remember that next time some breathless pundit tells you that the Big Apple is turning full Commie red: the people who voted for Chevalier last night are in the absolute minority.

And that is either very good or very bad news, depending on how you look at it.

The bad news first: the primaries show us, as if those of us who live here needed any more proof, that New Yorkers are very hard to impress.

Having the mayor call pro-Israel advocates “monsters” just this Sunday while saying nothing about Hamas apparently wasn’t enough to propel people to get out and vote against his hand-picked choices.

In part it’s because the candidates this year were, let’s be honest, nobody’s idea of exciting.

But in part it’s because so many of us New Yorkers, bless us, live in fantasy land.

We remember a time, not too long ago, when the streets were safe and clean, and you didn’t have to worry about getting stabbed on the subway by........

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