Get out the popcorn for the DSA's bid for a hostile Democratic Party takeover
Post Editorial Board
In the wake of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rise, his hard-left Democratic Socialists of America are looking to eat up more offices now held by older-school Democrats — and the moribund, corruption-plagued Dem establishment may lack the fortitude to resist.
It certainly doesn’t show any hint of plans for a counter-attack: The old guard’s prospered so long by attacking Republicans from the left, it doesn’t have a clue how to stave off the same assault by the hard left.
The DSA is targeting multiple seats in the Legislature this year, plus at least two House contests, and early signs are grim for traditional Dems.
Notably, Rep. Gregory Meeks and his Queens Democratic machine find themselves compelled to back the DSA’s choice, Diana Moreno, in the Feb. 3 special election to fill Mamdani’s former Assembly seat.
Meeks, who didn’t endorse Mamdani last year, has little choice but to support Moreno or be humiliated in “The People’s Republic of Astoria,” an area represented by DSAers in the City Council, state Legislature and Congress.
Now look at the Democratic primaries in June, where DSA chapters have already endorsed eight candidates for Assembly, Senate and House races — while seven DSA-backed incumbents, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, face no serious reelection challenge.
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