Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez likes to think she’s the smartest person in any room. She envisions herself as the future of the Democrat Party. But during a recent HBO monologue, Bill Maher delivered a blunt reality check that left the socialist darling seeing red.
Democratic socialists are celebrating a surge in influence. AOC, Bernie Sanders, and other left-wing progressives are hailing recent wins as proof that their ideas are catching fire.
Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic Socialist, just won the New York City mayoral race with a platform straight out of Karl Marx’s playbook: free buses, frozen rents, city-run grocery stores, and universal childcare—all funded by hefty tax hikes on the wealthy.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are treating Mamdani’s victory as the beginning of a new political era. “This election proves that democratic socialist ideas are very popular,” crowed Ashik Siddique, a national DSA co-chair.
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