Capitalists fight back: NY Dem launches campaign to counter socialist wave sweeping party

After a wave of democratic socialist primary wins, a faction of Democrats is fighting back — arguing capitalism has raised more people out of poverty than any system in history and vowing to reclaim the party from the left.“There’s a lot of us that don’t like what’s happening with the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) — nobody’s organized,” Long Island Rep.Tom Suozzi (D-NY) told The Post, lamenting that critics “go to cocktail parties and wring their hands” while democratic socialists keep scoring wins.His concern was underscored by yet another win by a DSA-backed candidate who knocked off 30-year congressional veteran Rep.

Diana DeGette (D-Colo.).“We’re for capitalism, not socialism.Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than any system in the history of the world,” he said.

“It’s created better outcomes for people, but that’s not to say that we’re supportive of just the status quo.”DeGette fell to 29-year old Melat Kiros — a DSA member herself endorsed by left-wing darling Sen.Bernie Sanders.

(I-Vt.) — in last week’s primary after accusing Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza while reaffirming comments calling the Sept.11 attacks “inevitable.” And Kiros is far from alone.“Democrats have got to get back to traditional Democratic values about looking out for working men and women and trying to improve their lot in life,” Suozzi said.

He co-organized a “Promise to America” pledge along with Rep.Adam Gray (D-Calif.) for lawmakers that declares “we want safety, not lawlessness … We’re proud of America — not ashamed of America.”Suozzi spoke while driving to the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential library in North Dakota.

He said he went on his own to check it out, not as part of President Trump’s visit that came a few hours earlier.“I couldn’t hitch a ride on Air Force One,” he quipped, as he comments come days after Sen.John Fetterman (D-Pa.) blasted what he called an �...