The No.2 leader in the House of Representatives is hammering Democrats after a slate of far-left primary victories ahead of the November midterms, warning a "civil war" is in store for their party."There's like this Bolshevik revolution that has taken over the Democrat Party.
It's scary to see because many of them are espousing communist viewpoints — very, very radical viewpoints — and they're winning.They're beating liberals," Scalise told Fox News Digital in an interview.Republicans are seizing on wins by candidates affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) as proof that Democrats as a whole are shifting further left than where most American voters are.FAR-LEFT SURGE: MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATES OUST DEM ESTABLISHMENT INCUMBENTSThen-New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani, center, celebrates with Sen.
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., right, during an election rally on Oct.
26, 2025, at Forest Hills Stadium in New York City.(Andres Kudacki/Getty Images)"This is surely not your father's Democrat Party," Scalise said.
"There's never been a sharper contrast between Republicans who believe in freedom and individual opportunity and Democrats who are moving toward socialism."It comes after several DSA-linked candidates toppled incumbent progressive Democrats in recent weeks.Reps.Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., and Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., both lost primaries to candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, himself a DSA member.
Goldman's challenger Brad Lander, however, left the DSA after the Oct.7, 2023, attack in Israel.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, during a news conference at the U.S.
Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov.5, 2025.
(Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)MAMDANI-BACKED SOCIALIST WINS IN NEW YORK EXPOSE GROWING RIFT BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT, INSURGENT LEFTAnother DSA-backed candidate in Denver toppled longtime Rep.Diana DeGette, D-Col...