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POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE: 29-Year-Old Democratic Socialist OUSTS 15-Term Incumbent Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado\'s 1st District
The Gateway Pundit ^ | June 30, 2026 | Cristina Laila

Posted on 06/30/2026 7:59:47 PM PDT by Red Badger

The Socialists aren't just taking over New York. This happened in Colorado.

A 29-year-old Democratic Socialist ousted a longtime Democrat incumbent in Colorado's 1st District in Tuesday night's House primary.

Far-left candidate Melat Kiros defeated 15-time incumbent Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette on Tuesday night.

Kiros, who was born in Ethiopia, was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

🚨 It's crunch time in Colorado 🚨

We have just ONE more day to send @MelatKirosCO to Congress! We made 110k calls on Friday, but we're not done yet...

Join us tonight @ 6 PM MT/8 PM ET to break Friday's record alongside @dsa_losangeles @SeattleDSA @JvpAction & @sunrisemvmt ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/735omLCQOn

— DSA National Electoral Commission (@DsaElectoral) June 29, 2026

Kiros recently claimed that 9/11 was America's fault.

Socialist candidate Melat Kiros, who was born in Ethiopia, is about to beat 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette in the Democrat primary for Colorado's 1st Congressional District.


TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: colorado; dianadegette; dsa; melatkiros; michaelbennet
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To: Red Badger

I think all of this is going to have a deleterious effect on the Democrat Party overall.

These communist pieces of crap cannot keep their mouths shut. Their eyes are burning with excitement, and they have so much to say, so they say it.

Leftist politicians like Schumer and Jeffries are probably begging the open communists not to say the quiet parts aloud, but...they cannot help themselves.

And the Deep State douche canoes are stating to audibly whine about this dynamic. I am enjoying that a little bit, even though it is depressing and disconcerting to see these vermin out in the open now in both government and populace...thanks to the communist infiltration over decades into education and the media...never mind the government.

The Democrat Party brought that on themselves.


21 posted on 06/30/2026 8:34:44 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: mass55th

Before her campaign, Kiros was fired from her position at the Sidley Austin law firm in 2023 after publishing an open letter criticizing law firms, including her own, that called for action against antisemitism on college campuses.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/30/us-news/colorado-democratic-socialist-candidate-melat-kiros-called-9-11-terror-attacks-inevitable-due-to-us-foreign-policy/


22 posted on 06/30/2026 8:37:28 PM PDT by TexasGator (1-1i11'./1)
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To: rlmorel

Schumer and Jeffries days are numbered. They are not commie/violent enough.


23 posted on 06/30/2026 8:39:04 PM PDT by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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To: Red Badger

I’m reminded of another creation like this that happened supposedly in Ingolstadt, Germany. Mary Shelley wrote it.

wy69


24 posted on 06/30/2026 8:48:16 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: sevlex

When Commies are ahead, the counting get wrapped up quickly…


25 posted on 06/30/2026 8:53:49 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: rlmorel
I think all of this is going to have a deleterious effect on the Democrat Party overall.

This is what the Democrat Party was always going to become once the radicals took over during the Clinton years. I doubt they are bothered much by commies scoring victories since it is still a vote for a Democrat.

26 posted on 06/30/2026 8:54:29 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Everyone that voted Trump/R in '24 needs to show up in '26.)
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To: whitney69

The monster always kills its creator..............


27 posted on 06/30/2026 8:55:32 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Texas Eagle

Nationalist Socialists=Soviet Communists.
With a little radical islam thrown in there.


28 posted on 06/30/2026 8:56:30 PM PDT by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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To: TexasGator

So she basically ran for Congress so she could publicly complain about her pet projects, and still maintain a regular paycheck. If she wins in November, she’ll only get to keep her seat, as long as she doesn’t piss off too many people in her district.


29 posted on 06/30/2026 8:56:54 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Red Badger

Geez.

DeGette was about as bad, policy and vote-wise, as you can get for a long term Dem.

Now the seat will be occupied by someone even worse, and likely with 3x the energy.


30 posted on 06/30/2026 9:02:03 PM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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To: Red Badger

The McCarthy hearings don’t seem so bad.


31 posted on 06/30/2026 9:03:11 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Red Badger

Fraud votes..


32 posted on 06/30/2026 9:04:12 PM PDT by cherry
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To: mass55th

The definition of useful idiots.


33 posted on 06/30/2026 9:05:04 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: Beowulf9

Goodbye America.


34 posted on 06/30/2026 9:05:32 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: Red Badger
Many 'yutes believe...

1. the free-enterprise system is a failed system...it now only benefits those who have the financial/other means to exploit/manipulate it...for themselves.

2. those who are tasked to be the watch-dogs to guard against that exploitation and hold the perps accountable...are in bed with the crooks.

35 posted on 06/30/2026 9:24:03 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (there are demons out there, and they look like people)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Preferably in the public square.


36 posted on 06/30/2026 10:00:51 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: vivenne

True.


37 posted on 06/30/2026 10:01:01 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Red Badger

Remember, the 2nd Amendment is there to protect us from a tyrannical government. We possess 500 million ____. It’s looking like the time may come when we’ll need them.


38 posted on 06/30/2026 10:10:02 PM PDT by rexthecat
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To: Red Badger

Foreign born individuals should NOT be allowed to be members of the House or Senate, nor should they be allowed to be appointed as federal judges.


39 posted on 06/30/2026 10:18:15 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Charlie Kirk's assassination / murder was our Fort Sumter moment. But only one side is fighting.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Slouching towards civil war. There is no peaceful coexistence between constitutional America Under GOD and the satanic socialists. None.


40 posted on 06/30/2026 10:33:51 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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