New York City's lone Republican in the House of Representatives is raising alarms about the far-left Democrats poised to serve alongside her on Capitol Hill next year."These people are extreme, they're radical, they are dangerous, and they really have no business being in the United States House of Representatives," Rep.Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital.
"And it scares me that they're going to have access to intelligence."New York City was one of the largest fronts in the nationwide civil war that's gripped the Democratic Party this midterm election cycle.It's where two members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) scored upset primary victories against establishment-backed candidates — in deep-blue seats that mean they are virtually guaranteed to win their general elections in November.DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN WARNS OF 'DANGEROUS' SOCIALIST AGENDA AFTER FAR-LEFT PRIMARY WINSDarializa Avila Chevalier, a Democratic House candidate for New York, speaks during a rally with Columbia Postdoctoral Workers at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City on June 30, 2026.
(Bloomberg via Getty Images)Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., in his Upper Manhattan and Bronx-area district, while New York State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez won an open race for the Brooklyn- and Queens-area district represented by retiring Rep.Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y.Both Chevalier and Valdez have called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and have called Israel's war on Gaza a "genocide."DSA CO-CHAIR MOCKED FOR PROUDLY CONFIRMING SOCIALISTS WANT TO ABOLISH THE SENATE, NATIONAL BORDERS, PRISONSMalliotakis said their support of the DSA platform made both "un-American.""I think they want to undermine the country.
I mean, anybody whose campaign is based on no jails, no cops, no borders, is a real detriment to the country," she said."These are the people that are going to have access to ...