_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
Socialist candidates aligned with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) scored a string of upset victories in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries, defeating incumbents and establishment Democrats in both congressional and state races.
The results signal growing momentum for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) as they gain momentum to shift the Democratic Party in a more far-left direction.
_THE FACTS_
Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who had represented the district for five terms. It is a near certainty that she is headed to Washington.
Avila Chevalier has stated she doesn't believe foreign criminals should be deported and has called for abolishing ICE.
She helped found Columbia University Apartheid Divest, which celebrated the Hamas terrorist who orchestrated the October 7 attack, describing him as a "hero of the revolution" driven by "pragmatic optimism.”
Her past social media posts include calling the US "a f***ing disgrace" and using the American flag as a napkin.
Aber Kawas, another Mamdani-backed socialist, won the nomination for New York's 12th Senate District.
Kawas previously said 9/11 was a manifestation of "capitalism and racism, and white supremacy" used "to colonize lands."
Socialist Claire Valdez won her primary election for the NY-7 House seat, having called for banning TSA PreCheck at airports and nationalizing the airline industry.
The winning candidates campaigned on labeling Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide and called for full divestment from Israel and ending US arms sales to the country.
At DSA victory parties Tuesday night, supporters chanted "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free.”
_OUR TAKE_
In New York, winning the Democratic primary is equivalent to winning the general election; radical socialists are on their way to Washington. And to be sure, this phenomenon is not confined to NYC, but the radical Left poses a threat to establishment Democrats across the country.
This is a real-time example of the Red-Green Axis, as we have covered extensively. Leftists are adopting and allying with radical Islamism to destroy and rebuild the American system according to principles more likely to be found in the Third World. Though a relatively small contingent in Congress at present, the radical socialists will gain substantially more power after November.
