Democratic Socialists of America are on the charge, running hot off their wins in the New York Democratic primaries last week.Their victories in multiple Congressional seats – felling both Reps.
Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and Dan Goldman, D-N.Y.– signals that the party is ready to move on from the same old, same old.Espaillat chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Goldman was a key House staffer during the first impeachment of President Donald Trump."Even Dan Goldman’s not good enough for them," said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Fox."That is how radical it's become."Some moderate Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the left.MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALISTS LOOK TO TAKE NEW YORK PLAYBOOK NATIONWIDE AFTER PRIMARY VICTORIESThe left flank of the Democratic Party has surged to the top of the nation's most hotly-contested primaries.
(Michael M.Santiago/Getty Images)"That's not the same brand of politics that we have.
We're not those type of Democrats," said Rep.Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., who represents a battleground district."There's a new group of Democratic Socialists who are socialists who are not commonsense Democrats.
Who are not interested in getting things done.They're interested in throwing bombs.
Not actually solving problems," said Rep.Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.LURCHING LEFT: MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATES OUST ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATSSome Democrats are worried how far left candidates command more attention than those in the middle.
Rep.Kristen McDonald Rivet, D-Mich., worries that the outsized attention garnered by the left sends the wrong impression to voters."What they don't want is divisiveness.
They don't want screaming and yelling," said McDonald Rivet.Mainstream Democrats feel trapped in the middle as the left – specifically the New York City left – wields an outsized media and political megaphone."Those candidates would not have won in Virginia where I live," said Rep.Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va.Rep.
Tom Suozzi, D-N...