For years, legacy media outlets have sounded the alarm over President Trump and the so-called MAGA takeover of the Republican Party, framing it as a dangerous personality cult. That concern, however valid, has been widely acknowledged. Yet a parallel and arguably more extreme transformation is unfolding within the Democratic Party—a radical progressive and socialist insurgency that mainstream news coverage has largely treated with a shrug.
Assassination Attempts and Political Violence
The past three years have seen a surge in leftist extremism, including at least three assassination attempts against President Trump, a targeted killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk that some liberals publicly celebrated, and multiple violent attacks on government facilities. Pro-Hamas student activists have even engaged in hostage-taking. Despite this pattern of radicalization, the media's urgency remains conspicuously absent.
Electoral Victories for Socialists
Democratic voters are increasingly nominating socialists for state and federal office. Seattle and New York are now governed by avowed socialists, and Washington, D.C., may soon follow, with Los Angeles possibly next. In New York's recent primaries, several socialist candidates defeated longtime incumbents, including Aber Kawas, who called the 9/11 attacks a "manifestation" of American "capitalism and racism." Kawas, a fierce opponent of ICE, cites her father's deportation—after a fraud conviction—as evidence of a "cruel immigration system."
Another winner, Darializa Chevalier, celebrated the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians before Israel's counterattack. She advocates for defunding the police, abolishing borders, and seizing the means of production, and co-founded a group dedicated to "the total eradication of Western Civilization." When asked if she is a communist, Chevalier offered vague rhetoric but no denial.
These victories follow Maine's nomination of Graham Platner, a self-described "Antifa supersoldier" and communist who trained with the Socialist Rifle Association and wore a Nazi SS skull tattoo for nearly two decades. In New Jersey, Democrats selected Adam Hamawy, who testified for the "Blind Sheikh" in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and worked with an al-Qaida-linked front. Michigan may soon nominate Abdul El-Sayed, whose top surrogate, Hasan Piker, praises communism, defends Mao, and called murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson a victim of "social murder."
A Hostile Takeover, Not Evolution
This is not a continuation of the Democratic Party's center-left tradition but a hostile takeover by revolutionaries who reject its modern ethos. Polls show only 36% of Democrats take pride in being American, and liberals are more likely to justify political violence. The party has shifted further from Bill Clinton than the GOP has from Ronald Reagan. Can anyone imagine Clinton blaming 9/11 on white supremacy or opposing deportation of convicted criminals?
The media's calm coverage of these developments suggests a double standard. While conservative missteps are treated as existential threats, the rise of socialist candidates who oppose imprisoning murderers and deporting criminal aliens barely registers. The Democratic establishment, which fed this rage monster, now finds itself being consumed by it.
