Trump Warned the Communists Were on the Move - DSA Just Proved Him Right

On July 4, the Democratic Socialists of America announced they passed 120,000 members, making them the largest socialist organization in United States history. They surpassed the Socialist Party of America under Eugene Debs, which peaked at 113,371 dues-paying members in 1912.

They picked the date on purpose.

On July 4, 2026, Democratic Socialists of America passed 120,000 members, making us the largest socialist organization in United States history and surpassing the Socialist Party of America under Eugene Debs, which reached its peak dues-paying membership in 1912.

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On July 4, 2026, Democratic Socialists of America passed 120,000 members, making us the largest socialist organization in United States history and surpassing the Socialist Party of America under Eugene Debs, which reached its peak dues-paying membership in 1912.
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This did not happen overnight. The DSA reported a membership surge after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Democratic primary win in June 2025. The organization then helped Mamdani and a dozen other local candidates win in November 2025 through get-out-the-vote operations, outreach, and other campaign efforts.

Then came New York. On June 23, Mamdani-backed candidates Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier won three congressional primaries, knocking out two incumbents. Chevalier helped launch Columbia University Apartheid Divest in 2016. The group later wrote that it was fighting for "the total eradication of Western civilization." She still thinks all deportations are wrong. Even for murderers. She said so in a debate with the incumbent she just beat.

When Ali Velshi asked her whether she's a communist, she said: "That framing is one that I've been very proud to be able to say I don't respond to." Two more paragraphs. Never answered.

Trump posted on Truth Social after the wins: "The Communists are finally making their move. I've been waiting and preparing for this for a long time."

On the Fourth, Trump said at his Independence Day speech in Washington, D.C.:

"America will never be a communist country, won't happen. Our warriors did not fight communism on battlefields across the world, only to have that menace rear its ugly head right back here in America. We're not going to let it happen. We'd like to stop a threat like that immediately, and before it begins."

He also told reporters the branding is cosmetic. "They use the word 'Social Democrat' because it sounds so nice, but it's really communism you're talking about."

He is not wrong. The DSA is not waiting to see how 2026 shakes out. National co-chair Megan Romer said the group is already sending surveys to all 250 chapters asking members who they want to get behind in 2028. Responses due back by Sept. 15. The group expects 20-to-40-page reports from chapters coast to coast. Formal endorsement vote at the 2027 convention, though Romer said they could move faster if the primary calendar demands it.

"What DSA represents is a real contrast to Democrats who have run the last couple of elections on fear," Romer said. "You can't run on that. You have to offer an alternative."

That alternative is socialism. They are not hiding it.

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The DSA has endorsed about 150 candidates this cycle. Thirty-five have won primaries or advanced without opposition across Oregon, California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and New York. New York was not a fluke. It was a proof of concept.

Former New York Gov. David Paterson said Democrats risk something bigger than a bad election cycle. "We'd better get that message and turn it around before we become extinct." Rahm Emanuel said the socialist wing is turning "blue districts, dark blue." James Carville said it was time to talk "schism" and that some DSA-aligned candidates "have no place in the Democratic Party." Former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison told DSA-aligned candidates to stop using party resources: "If you hate the Democratic Party, then please don't run for our nomination.”

The Soviet Union tried it. So did Cuba. North Korea still is. The DSA just broke a membership record on the birthday of the country built to oppose all of it. The question is who is going to stop them.

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