A few days before the New York and Texas primaries, I wrote that the Democratic Party needed to bar the Democratic Socialists of America.

I was not predicting election results. I was warning about a strategy. Now with Tuesday primary results, I am Kristallnacht scared.

The DSA is not the Democratic Party. It is a separate political organization with its own ideology, endorsements, candidate pipeline, volunteer network, and theory of power. Yet its candidates run on the Democratic ballot line and primary every pro-Israel incumbent. It is unusual that so many incumbents are facing serious challengers.

It is their strategy.

The DSA does not have the ballot access, public trust, national reach, or institutional infrastructure to run as a separate party. So it uses Democratic primaries to gain access to Democratic voters and borrows the credibility that comes with the word “Democrat.” Those are their words.

When a majority of voters see someone running as a Democrat, they naturally assume that person is part of the Democratic coalition. The DSA holds itself out as part of the Democratic coalition. In fact, it is not. Most voters do not perceive the difference. They see a new generation stepping forward.

They see the word “Democrat,” and that is often enough.

DSA candidates are recruited, screened, trained, and given a script that they must follow in lockstep within a tightly defined political agenda. That is why the same language appears among all their candidates, including strong anti-Israel rhetoric.

I know how different that is from the traditional Democratic process because I ran for........

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