From coast to coast, the ultra-left is on a quest to take over the Democratic Party

The ultra-left’s conquest of the Democratic Party continues apace, as extremists triumph over more centrist candidates in primaries across the country.The dynamic may be most visible in Maine, where Graham Platner drove old-line Dem Gov.Janet Mills out of the race before the primary even happened. Platner is as hard-left as they come: all out on gender extremism, pushing anti-Israel lunacy to the extreme (including publicly cheering antisemitic conspiracy theorists) and screaming about the rich despite his own ultra-privileged background.(And that’s to say nothing of his Nazi tattoo, or his bizarre non-political public posting history, with its paeans to masturbation and mockery of a soldier under fire). A favorite of the Bernie Bros and online/podcast progressives, Platner massively out-raised Mills and soon out-polled her.The trend’s even more obvious in House races.Witness the victory of Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania’s 3rd District, the bluest in the nation, making him a lock to win in November.Backed by AOC and her Squadmates Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the proud socialist won a hotly fought primary over also-progressive but less-rabid state Sen.

Sharif Street and Dr.Ala Stanford.What plainly put Rabb over the top was his bloodthirsty Israel-hate (which also won him the endorsement of the vile Hasan Piker); he made promoting the Gaza-genocide lie central to his campaign.Here in New York, “genocide”-obsessed Brad Lander seems poised to unseat Rep.

Dan Goldman (B’klyn-Manhattan) in next month’s Democratic primary, while the DSA’s Claire Valdez is neck-and-neck with Brooklyn beep Antonio Reynoso, who’s endorsed by retiring Rep.Nydia Velazquez; both hard-lefties have Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiastic support. California has seen outgoing Rep.

Nancy Pelosi endorse megaleftist San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan for her safe-blue seat; Chan has promoted the Gaza-genocide lie and demands punitive taxation of those evil billionaires.  ...