The socialists are taking over the Democrat Party. The wins are stacking up, and the momentum is resonating with more and more people.
As I wrote earlier this week, it's gotten to the point where Democrats can no longer deny their true intent. They are officially the party of socialism, something that Republicans need to capitalize on immediately.
But it's also something the old guard in the Democrat Party needs to start strategizing around before they're made irrelevant and kicked from the party.
Read: The Democrat Party Is Officially the Party of Socialism
But they aren't.
They seem to be playing by an old playbook, and it's one that's become more and more irrelevant with time. The Democrats love to tout that they're the party of everyone. They're "inclusive" and "diverse" and are only ever looking out for the little guy. Of course, this was all a lie. As we've all seen repeatedly, the Democrats care about people so long as they're useful.
But what matters is the narrative. Not the truth.
The thing is, after Obama, that entire narrative started to deteriorate in quality. As Donald Trump's presidency has gone on, it's become pretty clear that togetherness for its own sake isn't in vogue. We don't want to hold hands and live in harmony. We want entire populations of people deported from the country. We want belief systems ousted from the nation. There are just some things that aren't compatible with a prosperous America, and we've shed the "Let's all just live in peace together" mentality of the 80s and 90s.
The Democrats thought that fighting this kind of encroaching mentality, that there are indeed elements we'd rather not have in our society, namely by placing all that sentiment on Donald Trump and targeting him, but if you look at what's happening, the socialists taking over the Democrat Party have the same idea Republicans do. They just think the things that need to get tossed out are fundamentally different from those of conservatives.
One of those things is moderate Democrats, as evidenced by the approaching threat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) is facing. As my colleague, Nick Arama, wrote, with Zohran Mamdani's endorsed socialist candidates winning handily in New York, and all the momentum being handed to the socialists, their eyes have now turned to Democrat Party leadership:
But as we saw with the socialist wins in New York, even the incumbent Democrats who were progressives weren't left enough for them. The socialists were chanting that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) was "next" as his endorsed candidates lost to those of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
The issue is that Jeffries won't put down the old playbook. He still thinks the unity message will win out:
But as our sister site Townhall reported, the interview he did on CNBC showed how empty he is. Host Joe Kernen laid out the problem of embracing the socialists who have made past statements about abolishing police and prisons, not to mention calling all deportations wrong.
As you can see, Jeffries is trying to be the leader for all Democrats, ignoring the issue and trying to put the heat back on Trump.
CNBC Host Joe Kernen CALLS OUT Hakeem Jeffries after he refused to condemn socialist NY Democrat nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier for calling to abolish police, prisons and borders
— Ben Petersen (@bennpetersen) June 25, 2026
KERNEN: “I know it takes time from the interview… but it doesn’t really answer the question… It… pic.twitter.com/8PZgVuByzj
But these Democrats aren't Jeffries' Democrats. They are not the same party despite sharing the name. They are not in each other's corners. They are enemies; the old guard just doesn't seem to understand that yet, or rather, they're too set in their ways to change now.
Clairvoyance isn't my strong suit, but pattern recognition is. The pattern is that society is over trying to get along. We're opposed to one another to such an extent that people are willing to kill or be killed. That's not going to change thanks to calls from a dying branch of a party that doesn't believe what they're preaching anyway.
Democrats have either one of two options from where I'm sitting. They can either join the socialists, who have all the momentum, or they can try to form a resistance of moderates. Regardless of the option, kicking out the current leadership is going to be step one.
