A familiar warning is now being thrown at Democrats: accept the Democratic Socialists of America, with its anti-Israel and antisemitic elements, exactly as it is, or lose young voters, lose Gen Z, lose the midterms, lose 2028, and perhaps lose American democracy itself.

That warning is not only wrong. It is politically dangerous.

Democrats absolutely need young voters. We need organizers, idealists, labor activists, people demanding affordable housing, accessible health care, higher wages, student-debt relief, and an economy that works for ordinary Americans. We should not dismiss the anger many younger Americans feel toward a system that has left them struggling to buy a home, start a family, or believe that hard work will lead to a better life.

There is a great deal Democrats can and should learn from that energy.

But we do not have to accept the false choice that says the Democratic Party must either surrender to the DSA’s most extreme positions or abandon an entire generation.

That is not a coalition. That is a ransom note.

The Democratic Party is bigger than any one faction. It is a coalition of Black voters, Jewish voters, Latino voters, labor voters, suburban voters, working-class voters, young voters, seniors, LGBTQ Americans, immigrants, progressives, moderates, independents, and people who do not fit neatly into any ideological box.

That coalition does not survive by demanding that everyone agree on every issue. It survives because we recognize that democracy requires us to work together even when we disagree.

The DSA itself was not always what it has........

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