{"id":632862,"date":"2026-07-09T18:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=632862"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:52:10","slug":"this-new-batch-of-congressional-socialists-make-aoc-look-like-jack-kennedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=632862","title":{"rendered":"This New Batch Of Congressional Socialists Make AOC Look Like Jack Kennedy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Republican contender in 2026 must aggressively lean into MAGA or risk handing the country to a generation of socialists who view the United States itself as an entity that must be toppled.<\/h3>\n
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The Democrat primaries are pumping out a fresh crop of unapologetic socialists who make Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez look like a patriotic moderate from the JFK era. These proud democratic socialists, many with deep ties to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), who openly champion abolishing ICE, defunding law enforcement, slashing military aid to Israel while labeling its defensive actions \u201cgenocide,\u201d and imposing single-payer healthcare and wealth taxes that would devastate American prosperity by design<\/p>\n

Their recent victories in deep-blue strongholds expand the \u201cCommie Corridor\u201d across New York and signal a broader leftward lurch that should alarm every American who values the rule of law, the Constitution, Christianity, capitalism and civilization itself.<\/p>\n

In New York,\u00a0the wave crested in June\u2019s primary<\/a>. State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, a union organizer and avowed DSA member, captured the Democratic nomination in the 7th Congressional District. Backed by socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Valdez has called ICE \u201ca rogue federal agency terrorizing our neighborhoods\u201d and demanded for the agency to be abolished.<\/p>\n

A July 4th social media post from Valdez framed American freedom in terms antithetical to the vision of the Founding Fathers\u2014requiring government-provided healthcare, housing, education, and \u201cjob dignity,\u201d while blaming \u201cbillionaires, bosses, and war profiteers\u201d for a \u201crigged system and poisoned planet.\u201d She won affluent, highly educated precincts but was crushed in lower-income and Black areas, showing the elitist character of this rising socialism that flies in the face of true working class values.<\/p>\n

Even more stunning was the upset in New York\u2019s 13th Congressional District, where 32-year-old doctoral student and DSA activist Darializa Avila Chevalier\u00a0toppled five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat<\/a>, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Chevalier\u2019s campaign explicitly attacked Espaillat for not being there \u201cwhen ICE is kidnapping his constituents\u201d and for voting to \u201cspend billions on bombs overseas when we\u2019re struggling to afford rent and groceries.\u201d She pledged a brand of politics that rejects \u201ccashing checks from AIPAC, real estate developers, or corporations.\u201d She even made social media comments about wiping her hands on Old Glory. One campaign line captures her extremism succinctly: \u201cEnd policing full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former NYC Comptroller Brad Lander completed the New York socialist sweep by crushing incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman in the 10th Congressional District. Lander, once a dues-paying DSA member, has since re-embraced the coalition he once left due to growing antisemitism. He\u00a0has since called<\/a>\u00a0Israel\u2019s Gaza campaign a \u201cgenocide,\u201d vowed to block additional U.S. military aid and support the recognization a Palestinian state. Earlier, as comptroller and council member, Lander was a leading voice to defund the police\u2014demanding $1 billion in NYPD cuts, suspension of arrests for low-level offenses, mass releases from Rikers Island, and even the disbandment of the Vice Unit plus decriminalization of prostitution.<\/p>\n

Out west, 29-year-old lawyer-turned-doctoral-student Melat Kiros\u00a0stunned the Democrat establishment<\/a>\u00a0by defeating 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado\u2019s 1st Congressional District. Endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Justice Democrats, and the DSA, Kiros built her campaign around rejecting corporate money, defending students protesting Israel\u2019s \u201cbrutal genocide in Gaza,\u201d and promising to abolish ICE, enact Medicare for All, and \u201cend the genocide in Palestine.\u201d She was reportedly fired from a law firm after refusing to delete a post defending thuggish, anti-American student protesters from legitimate claims of antisemitism.<\/p>\n

On the Senate side, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota remain highly competitive for their parties\u2019 nominations. El-Sayed, a doctor and former public health official endorsed by AOC, pushes Medicare for All, abolishing ICE (calling it \u201ccorrupted at its soul\u201d), and has a resurfaced 2020 record of\u00a0explicitly supporting the defund-the-police movement<\/a>\u00a0by redirecting funds to mental health and education. Flanagan, Minnesota\u2019s lieutenant governor,\u00a0vows to \u201crip ICE apart,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0codify abortion on demand, and \u201cavenge Minnesota\u201d by prosecuting those responsible for Trump-era policies once Democrats regain power.<\/p>\n

Republicans should celebrate the development\u2014for now.\u00a0These radical candidates can be ticking time bombs<\/a>. Look no further than Maine\u2019s Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner. The far-left Marine veteran and private security contractor won his primary with enthusiastic progressive and DSA-adjacent support. Within weeks, his campaign collapsed under the weight of multiple scandals: a chest tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol, old social-media posts suggesting sexual-assault victims \u201cjust take some responsibility for themselves,\u201d reports of sending inappropriate text messages while married, and a fresh allegation from a former girlfriend that he entered her home uninvited while intoxicated and sexually assaulted her as she attempted to resist. Top Democrats, including Senate leadership and his prominent far-left supporters, quickly called for Platner to drop out.<\/p>\n

Platner\u2019s implosion proves the point: the same ideological fervor that produces \u201cabolish ICE\u201d and \u201cend policing full stop\u201d platforms also attracts or tolerates personal conduct and historical baggage that can explode under scrutiny. These are not stable, electable figures tailor made for swing terrain. These are a pack of fools who could be the key for Republicans to main control of both chambers during the midterms.<\/p>\n

But we must not get arrogant. These radical socialists can\u2014and will\u2014beat establishment Republicans who are corrupted, disingenuous, and beholden to the donor class and the reviled Washington D.C. swamp. Weak, squishy GOP candidates who triangulate and apologize can be defeated by the energized, well-organized left in too many places. However, MAGA is their kryptonite.<\/p>\n

That is why the party needs more warriors like Anthony Constantino in New York\u2019s 21st Congressional District\u2014a Trump-endorsed businessman and unapologetic MAGA force\u00a0taking on the establishment<\/a>\u00a0and self-funding his race to thumb his nose at the special interests. In the great state of Texas, State Representative Steve Toth crushed RINO Dan \u201cEyepatch McCain\u201d Crenshaw\u00a0in a primary by double digits\u00a0<\/a>running on a Freedom Caucus platform. Attorney General Ken Paxton just\u00a0toppled incumbent Sen. John Cornyn<\/a>\u00a0in a Trump-backed primary runoff, proving that hard-charging America First conservatives can defeat even powerful Senate incumbents with a seemingly endless amount of resources. And 2nd Amendment champion Brandon Herrera\u00a0is set to replace<\/a>\u00a0disgraced former Congressman Tony Gonzales Texas\u2019s 23rd congressional district.<\/p>\n

Every Republican contender in 2026 must aggressively lean into MAGA\u2014securing the border, deporting illegals, enforcing law and order, enacting an America First foreign policy, implementing fiscal restraint, and offering unapologetic defense of Western civilization\u2014or risk handing the country to a generation of socialists who view the United States itself as an entity that must be toppled. The midterms offer a choice, not an echo. Choose fighters, or prepare to explain to your children how America fell to socialism and despair because the so-called \u201cadults in the room\u201d stayed genteel when the moment demanded a donnybrook.<\/p>\n

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