LIZ PEEK: Democrats face a socialist reckoning they are too scared to stop

Democrats have a tiger by the tail.Democratic Socialists are bringing money and energy to their party, but also a growing crop of anti-American, anti-capitalist and often antisemitic candidates who scorn our country’s traditions and values.These challengers may ride today’s wave of anti-Trump sentiment, concern about AI and anger about high prices, and win in solidly Democrat areas, like Manhattan, but long term they will become an embarrassment.
AOC and her Democratic Socialist colleagues are not going to breach the Oval Office anytime soon.Establishment Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer know this, but are scared to death of taking on the likes of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, for fear of being primaried by Leftist candidates and run out of office.Consequently, they have left the door open and unguarded, welcoming the upstarts.
Shame on them.MORNING GLORY: DEMS' BERNIE-BACKED OYSTER FARMER HANDS SUSAN COLLINS A MASSIVE 2026 ADVANTAGEDemocrats believe they have an excellent chance to take back control of Congress in the fall midterm elections.The war in Iran is not popular, gasoline prices are hovering at $4 per gallon, and the President’s approval ratings have declined.
The stage is set for a Democrat win.But, as the far left invades their party, incumbent Democrat legislators are being pushed aside by increasingly bizarre and offensive candidates like Darializa Avila Chevalier, who in recent years denounced former President Joe Biden as a "rapist" and "war criminal" and on social media proclaimed the U.S.a "f**king disgrace." Chevalier, who for good measure also posted "f**k Kamala Harris" and has attacked leftists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes, has a shot at ousting long-time Democrat stalwart Adriano Espaillat who represents New York’s 13th Congressional district.Chevalier has a deplorable history of racist remarks, is in favor of closing all prisons, legalizing all drugs and ending U.S.
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