House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is arguing that Democrats are descending a dark path as a socialist insurgency on the left continues to notch victories against the party's establishment.Republicans on the campaign trail have seized on the raging civil war within the Democratic Party, warning that a recent slate of wins by candidates linked to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is pushing one of the United States' two main political parties much further left than the vast majority of Americans are comfortable with."Right now, it's a contrast election for everybody," Johnson said during a campaign stop in Arizona."They've got to make a decision that they want to continue with common sense, growth and opportunity, or they want to go to this dark down, dangerous, deadly road of communism."DEMOCRATS TARGET MORE GOP HOUSE SEATS AFTER SOCIALIST VICTORIES ROCK LEFT-WING PRIMARIESRep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., from left, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speak during the "The People v.
The Powerful" campaign event at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit on July 18, 2026.(Nic Antaya/Bloomberg via Getty Images)He said it was a choice "between common sense and crazy."Johnson and other House GOP leaders are crisscrossing the country visiting districts represented by vulnerable Republican lawmakers and other areas where the GOP believes it has a shot of winning in November.The Louisiana Republican made a similar pitch earlier this week during a town hall for Rep.
Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., who is facing a well-connected and well-funded primary opponent on Thursday night."Could we've imagined even 10 years ago, if somebody told us that on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the greatest nation in the history of the world, in the midterm, in the fall of 2026, we'd be in a contest to determine whether we're going to maintain our constitutional republic — the greatest nation in history — or go down this dark, dangerous, ...