Posted on 06/28/2018 6:25:54 PM PDT by EdnaMode
The ramifications of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning primary defeat of longtime Queens Democratic boss and Congressman Joe Crowley (D-NY) extend well beyond the confines of Capitol Hill.
The 28-year-old member of Democratic Socialists of America—who shockingly won in New York’s 14th congressional district on a leftist platform of Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, and a federal jobs guarantee—inspired a major boost in membership for the organization on Wednesday.
According to Lawrence Dreyfuss, a program associate for DSA, the organization saw a surge of 1,152 new memberships on Wednesday—about 35 times more sign-ups than on an average day.
The last major membership bump DSA experienced was in the month following President Trump’s election, during which time they had about six times more sign-ups than in the previous month.
DSA has undergone a renaissance of sorts in the Trump era, ballooning in size from some 5,000 members in November 2016 to 40,000 nationwide.
The left-wing group’s growth has been attributed in part to broader resistance to the new administration and wider acceptability of the “democratic socialist” label championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
“The people of NY-14 demanded more from its representative than empty promises and deep pockets,” Christian Bowe of DSA’s National Political Committee said after Ocasio’s win. “We’re proud of this victory, and we know this is only one of many more to come.”
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Well, if it’s violence and death that is necessary for white people to “be” white again, so be it.
Hah! 1,100 new members is considered a “surge?” At this rate they’d need to sign up about 10 times that number every day for the next six months to come close to replacing the ex-Dems in the #walkaway movement on Twitter. Incredible stories of Bernie voters and longtime Libs abandoning Demarest in droves
“I suggest the DNC move further to the Left so that they can recapture these fleeing socialist voters.”
Comrade, ve must enlist aid of secret police to capture zees counterrevolutionaries!/s;)
Free healthcare. Free college. Free stuff! Free hat!
Ud. no me conoce, pero el nombre que uso aquí debe llamarle la atención. Ojalá que consiga Ud. más seguidores para competir con el partido Democrático. Le felicito en su éxito con las elecciones. También, he oido hablar de que Ud. quiere ser Presidente de los Estado Unidos. Buena suerte con eso.
Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin
Hah! 1,100 new members is considered a “surge?” At this rate they’d need to sign up about 10 times that number every day for the next six months to come close to replacing the ex-Dems in the #walkaway movement on Twitter. Incredible stories of Bernie voters and longtime Libs abandoning Dems in droves. Check it out
Hah! 1,100 new members is considered a “surge?” At this rate they’d need to sign up about 10 times that number every day for the next six months to come close to replacing the ex-Dems in the #walkaway movement on Twitter. Incredible stories of Bernie voters and longtime Libs abandoning Dems in droves. Check it out
DSA: California, New York City, Chicago (where many of the original leaders came from, the old SDS), small DC presence so fa;, good bet Seattle, Portland, Houston/Austin/Dallas, Detroit (once run by the Communist Party but now up for grabs); Cleveland is a likely spot, Madison, Wisc., Minneapolis, Boulder/Colorado Springs/Denver; Phoenix/Tucson, Albuquerque (a bigger center of Marxist subversion in the SW than you could ever imagine).
New Orleans, New Jersey (mixed groups); Baltimore was owned by the Workers World Party and their fronts - might be changing as DSA organizers move in; some of Florida; Atlanta; Raleigh/Charlotte, NC; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh; possibly in Memphis and Nashville; etc.
Check their websites for claimed chapters.
These are hardcore Marxist idiots/dupes or hardcore Marxist ideological fanatics. No matter what they are, they are the rising communist threat to America.
Does George Wallace have a granddaughter?
Geez - they act like she’s the first one.
Time to demand they start teaching what this ideology has done to the human race over the last 120 years in ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. Like we made the Germans walk through and bury the dead in the concentration camps.
...”to our democracy”?!
You are absolutely right.
And never underestimate an enemy, no matter how strong or weak they are. It will get you killed.
She’s only 28. I think she will be eligible when pence runs for second term in 10 years. But by that time, Haley as Pence’s VP will be getting ready to run.
If their minorities and whack job leftists all bolt and join a new party, the Democratic Socialists, they’ll be fighting each other and splitting votes in national elections all over the country.<<<<
OHHH NOES!!!!!!...where can I donate to them?....and really make a difference...
lots of $2 donations...Get the numbers up for potential votes
That happened between 1968 and 1972.
You will see more white Democrats especially in the midwest and south bolting their party to join the GOP, but more likely to go independent. This is not good news for the Democrats, and especially not good news for their entrenched elitist white leadership class!
What do you mean.....didnt the “Elite Rats” teach them to rebel in college campuses and everyway possible? ...They just didnt think it would be the “old elites” that would face the rebellion.....lol
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