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'We're Proving It Works': Inside the DSA’s Push to Remake the Democratic Party
Time ^ | August 20, 2026 | Nik Popli

Posted on 09/06/2026 7:08:59 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Phones rise across the room as Chris Rabb steps to the front. It is the second day of the national summit for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in Chicago, and Rabb is fresh off an upset that launched the movement’s summer winning streak, defeating party-backed rivals in a Democratic congressional primary outside Philadelphia.

Activists in red shirts move closer to take selfies. Some wear DSA’s rose insignia; others have slogans about ICE or Gaza stretched across their chests. “All right, comrades,” Rabb says, using the group’s preferred form of address with a satisfied grin.

He asks whether anyone is from his district. A few hands go up. For everyone else, Rabb explains, he intends to be their “bonus rep”: another vote and voice for the causes they have spent years trying to push from the margins of Democratic politics to the center of the national debate.

Then Rabb, who at 56 is among the oldest people at the summit, tells the room what he thinks is happening. “As someone who’s been around the block a few times, I’ve never, ever felt this level of electricity,” Rabb says. “Do not take this for granted. Do not let people try to gaslight you and tell you you do not have power.” The room erupts.

There is plenty feeding the confidence. By the time DSA members gather in Chicago in early August, Republicans are calling it the “Summer of Socialism.” The organization’s membership has surged past 120,000. Its candidates and allies have toppled establishment-backed Democrats in Congressional primaries from New York to Colorado to Florida. Zohran Mamdani, a longtime DSA member, is running New York City. Socialists have captured or are poised to win mayoralties in Seattle and Washington, D.C., while Nithya Raman is headed for a November runoff in Los Angeles.

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1 posted on 09/06/2026 7:08:59 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

So when it fails here, where could they possibly go next?


2 posted on 09/06/2026 7:12:21 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Chris Rabb and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are here to make sure you own nothing and WILL be happy or else


3 posted on 09/06/2026 7:12:46 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Socialists have captured or are poised to win mayoralties in Seattle”

and they already want to impeach that ignorant POS....


4 posted on 09/06/2026 7:13:23 AM PDT by God luvs America
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To: MinorityRepublican

Do not underestimate the power of motivated, stupid people.


5 posted on 09/06/2026 7:13:41 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: BradyLS

I am sure that the Communists always keep their carpet-bags packed.


6 posted on 09/06/2026 7:16:48 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: MinorityRepublican

Don’t worry, if you like your democrat party, you can keep your democrat party.


7 posted on 09/06/2026 7:19:23 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: MinorityRepublican
'We're Proving It Works'

Let's be clear -- over the course of centuries, going back to the French Revolution of 1789, the socialists have often proven that seizing political power can be done. France, Russia, China, Cuba, and other places -- socialist activists have often successfully grabbed political power.

But running a country? A city? Improving life for the average person? No socialist has ever achieved this. Their system doesn't work and over two centuries of failure proves it.

8 posted on 09/06/2026 7:26:32 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Older Democrat voters still think they’re voting for the party of Truman and JFK. They had better wake up before it’s too late. Maybe it already is.

It might be a good idea for the GOP to start running ads highlighting how the D party is drifting towards communism.

Emphasize how communism looks good on paper, but always fails. And it takes away all your freedoms. North Korea would make a good example.


9 posted on 09/06/2026 7:33:19 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: MinorityRepublican

Their idea of “works” is if they gain power with no accountability for outcomes.
If they can explain away the results and stay in power, it’s all good.


10 posted on 09/06/2026 7:33:38 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Stupidity is an acquired trait, requiring many years of careful practice)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They don’t care about nuclear families, unborn babies, the law abiding or even the law. They envy private property. Hate individualism, self reliance and accomplishment. Despise voluntary charity or accountability and above all a divine creator. They only crave power and the capacity to harm. These are psychopaths and they want desperately to harm the average American.


11 posted on 09/06/2026 7:45:30 AM PDT by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT! ABM = anything but muslim )
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To: Carry_Okie

> If they can explain away the results and stay in power, it’s all good. <

Yep. In the old days, that was relatively easy. Just take control of the newspapers and the radio. But today there’s also the Internet.

Would the “comrades” try to take control of the Internet?
You betcha.


12 posted on 09/06/2026 7:47:12 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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13 posted on 09/06/2026 7:48:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Carry_Okie

“...they can explain away the results...”

Stalin staged trials that convicted the “wreckers.” Those were each who “confessed” when they rationally explained how the 5 year plan failed due, primarily, to requirements that exceeded the laws of physics. The party, as god, can never be wrong.


14 posted on 09/06/2026 7:58:02 AM PDT by Avoiding_Sulla (We'll never know where we're headed when we don't know where we've been.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

What works? You commie azhos haven’t taken over yet. You Snowflake Chimpanzees have got to steal the people’s money first, idiot. Piggies.


15 posted on 09/06/2026 8:16:18 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Socialism is the same clown show that gave us out of control global illegal immigration.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“converting” the DNC to open communism takes no skill at all. It is like converting a tranny groomer to a pay-to-play pedo — just one small step.


16 posted on 09/06/2026 8:18:33 AM PDT by bobbo666
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Stalin staged trials that convicted the “wreckers.” ...

Yes, I read Solzhenitsyn.

The party, as god, can never be wrong.

Orwell too.

17 posted on 09/06/2026 8:20:38 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Stupidity is an acquired trait, requiring many years of careful practice)
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To: Leaning Right

The Demonrat party is NOT drifting towards Socialism, but rowing steadily toward COMMUNISM!
Trump sees this, and so should any American who seeks to keep our Republic FREE!


18 posted on 09/06/2026 8:24:41 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! )
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To: MinorityRepublican
"...and tell you you do not have power.”

Currently that's the job of Chuckles and Hakeem. Will they give it up?

19 posted on 09/06/2026 8:32:49 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: MinorityRepublican
The Democrat's so called "moderates" are actually classic Fabian Socialists. Fabians want a slow and steady march towards socialism and finally communism through democratic means. It could take centuries to reach communism but they don't care. They get to benefit from the trappings of capitalism at the same time virtue signal the slow and steady push for social justice.

The DSA wants the same thing: socialism then communism. The problem is that the DSA thinks the Fabians are wrong in there slow steady approach and there needs to be a "coming out" . DSA totalitarians want a full blown socialist society now with Communism a little later. The push for full blown socialism has been sped up by MAGA and technology. Those two things killed the insidious nature of Fabian socialism. The DSA has lost patience with the Fabians.

So here we are looking at a long cold war with the leftists.

20 posted on 09/06/2026 8:36:30 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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