The Democrat Party wants you to believe its socialist wing is a fringe act, a quirky guest allowed to sit at the far end of the "big tent" table. Move along, folks, nothing to see here. Democrat leaders roll out some version of that talking point every time a reporter asks about the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and its expanding influence inside the party. They’re pretending that this isn’t going to be a liability for them in the midterm elections.
Well, let me tell you something, they've already lost to the socialists.
Polling has been remarkably consistent for years: most American voters do not want socialism, no matter how many times Democrat strategists try to rebrand it. That hasn't slowed the socialist wing down one bit. It keeps getting louder, more organized, and more successful, winning Democrat primaries in competitive districts across the country ahead of the 2026 midterms, and, as was the case in Michigan, a statewide primary for the U.S. Senate.
Every Democrat running in a swing House race this fall now faces the same question from reporters. Do you agree with your party's socialist candidates? Say yes, and swing voters head for the exits. Say no, and the activist field organizers who knock doors and staff phone banks head for the exits instead. Make no mistake about it, that question alone proves socialism has become the fight for the soul of the party, and Republicans get to watch from the sidelines while Democrats tear themselves apart.
Take Michigan, where Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a DSA-aligned insurgent, has forced Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and national Democrats into a bind they never wanted.
Fox News' The Five co-host Emily Compagno laid out exactly what that bind looks like this week. "Schumer is obviously facing a reckoning, and there's no way that he will be able to control these people that are winning, albeit not in the statewide races," Compagno said. Schumer has stopped promising Democrats can hold Michigan. He's mapping out how the party wins the Senate majority without it.
That’s a huge concession.
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"So this is not sort of cheerleading to me, this is not championing, this is crisis management," Compagno said. "El-Sayed was explicit about running on a platform against Schumer, about sort of dismantling that power structure with him anyway." Democrat leaders are now stuck figuring out how to win a state with a candidate they spent months treating as a threat to their own institution.
"It's very telling, I think they've already given up," Compagno said. Democrat strategists know exactly what decides these races this late in the cycle. "It's really just about the math," she said. "And it was clear what would happen if El-Sayed won that primary."
“This is not championing. This is CRISIS MANAGEMENT.” 🚨 @EmilyCompagno argues Chuck Schumer is scrambling to accommodate far-left candidates who campaigned against his leadership and the Democratic establishment: “I think they are already GIVING UP.” pic.twitter.com/84xnHcD0Q5
— The Five (@TheFive) August 22, 2026
On top of that, the party is broke. The DNC is heading into the 2026 midterms buried in debt, scrambling to raise money at the exact moment they need it most. A socialism civil war is expensive to referee, and Democrat leaders don't have the cash cushion to do it quietly.
Some socialist candidates will lose their races this cycle. Some non-socialist Democrats will lose, too, punished simply for sharing a ballot line with DSA candidates. None of that changes the bigger picture. Democrat leaders cannot stop the DSA from taking over the party's energy, its infrastructure, and its future candidates. They don't have the votes, the money, the energy, or the argument to stop it.
The Democrats have already lost to the socialists, whether they like it or not.
Editor's Note: The Democrat Party has been infected by socialism, and it's spreading FAST. Democrats are claiming there's nothing to worry about, but we know the truth.
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