DEMOCRATS: The New Jihad Caucus in Congress
By Pamela Geller - on June 25, 2026
“Moderate” Democrats are an endangered species as the Democratic Socialists of America conducts a hostile takeover of the party. Even the ‘progressives’ have a target on their backs, as the Socialists conduct a hostile takeover.
CNN: The wins signify how New York politics and the Democratic Party have a new power broker. Hakeem Jeffries, the Brooklyn-based House Democratic leader, is losing two incumbent members and facing an ascendant band of agitators. And the people long in charge in Democratic politics, including the ones who for decades thought of themselves as the insurgents, aren’t happy about it. They say they feel betrayed, left with a mayor they cannot trust. Around the city council, people who considered themselves his allies are sharing a line, according to one member who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity: Mamdani is only interested in allyship on his terms. Council members are talking about ways to give Mamdani his comeuppance, whether holding up funding for parts of his agenda or smaller ways of needling him.
Mamdani and those closest to him say: This is what a revolution looks like, on his terms. He elevated a former campaign volunteer in Darializa Avila Chevalier, with a long record of inflammatory tweets and attendance at a widely decried rally the day after Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks, and propelled her toward Congress over the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. That’s even after Espaillat endorsed Mamdani last year after his primary victory over Cuomo when other Democrats wouldn’t. Two people familiar with the mayor’s thinking say that he was initially skeptical of Avila Chevalier’s chances to win. But in a quietly convened City Hall meeting of democratic socialists and other allies, he decided to get on board. (CNN.)
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