DAVID MARCUS: Socialism and El-Sayed run into harsh reality in blue-collar Michigan

By now, we have all seen the evidence that the socialist uprising happening in the Democratic Party is fueled mainly by highly educated White voters, and on Saturday, I saw even more evidence of it at a Detroit rally for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.It was whiter than a toothpaste ad.Scanning the hundred or so people in line for the event that featured Marxist superstars Rep.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., I saw fewer Black people than you could find at Sen.

Sheldon Whitehouse’s restricted beach club in Rhode Island.Outside of the Opera House where the event was taking place, I met Chris, selling socialist merch.Like me, he had arrived that morning, redheaded, ruddy and a bit sunburned from his recent swing through Texas supporting the supposedly non-socialist Senate candidate James Talarico.DEMOCRATS' CIVIL WAR HEADS TO MICHIGAN WHERE PROGRESSIVES FACE BIGGEST TEST YET IN HIGH-STAKES SENATE SHOWDOWNA bit surprised that the Democratic Socialists of America were stumping for Talarico, I asked him whether Texas voters were put off by it."I’m not supposed to do interviews, but yeah, it’s different for sure depending on where we go," he said.A moment later, I had a conversation with the spokesperson for Don Offord, the progressive running for the Democratic nomination in Michigan’s 11th congressional district.

One of the animating elements of this socialist insurgency became crystal clear, as he couldn't stop talking about AIPAC.DEM CIVIL WAR HITS PRIMARY DEBATE STAGE IN FIERY BATTLEGROUND SHOWDOWN: 'WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?'"Don doesn’t take any money from AIPAC (the pro-Israel lobbying group)," Mark said proudly.I asked him if this could be a problem, not just with Jewish voters, but with moderate Democrats who support the Jewish state.

A kind of shock fell over him, as if he’d never considered this, and he just refused to answer.Tim, from Ann Arbor was there, not as a fan of the socialists but as a concerned citizen, l...