The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are collecting election victories across the Country. As they do, certain Establishment Democrats are distancing themselves from the DSA. However, the plain truth is that the DSA is a natural extension of the modern Democrat Party.

Keep in mind that the policies of the DSA include support for the Green New Deal, trans rights, labor rights and union organization, universal childcare, defunding if not the elimination of the police, publicly funded healthcare and antiwar positions. To support all of that, their candidates have vocally supported taxing the rich.

The DSA builds its ranks through community organizing, protests, and its high-profile elected leaders, such as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, U.S. Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and others. Its website asks viewers to “Start your own DSA chapter!”

If all of the above sounds familiar, it is because they are natural extensions, if not actual, mainstream positions of the Democrat Party.

The Green New Deal. Support for the Green New Deal is featured prominently on the DSA website. It was public policy during the Biden Administration. Nearly every Democrat in Congress supported it. Thus, DSA’s current support of it can hardly be considered extreme among Democrats.

Universal healthcare. The DSA supports universal, government-provided healthcare. Thirty years ago, publicly funded healthcare among Democrats was championed by Hillary Clinton. It was known as Hillarycare. President Obama advanced that concept with Obamacare. Countless Congressional Democrats support publicly funded universal healthcare today – and........

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