10 Questions Every Democrat Must Now Be Made Answer
I & I Editorial Board
June 29, 2026
With the rapid takeover of their party by the Democratic Socialists of America underway, it’s time for every Democrat to answer for what the DSA believes in.
As the City Journal’s Stu Smith reported, the DSA has adopted a new platform that is, incredibly enough, even more radical than its previous one. Although it still hasn’t been published on its website, an advance version, which Smith obtained, is straight-up Marxism, declaring “the entire global system of capital” as its enemy and promising to “build a new society from the ground up.”
We doubt that many Democrats – much less the general public – have a clue what the DSA actually stands for. As Smith notes, “The DSA has largely avoided scrutiny, despite its increasingly extreme rhetoric and practices.”
But ignorance is no excuse. Because, as our I&I/TIPP Poll found, nearly half of Democrats have a favorable view of socialism. Because DSA members are the rising stars in the party, its driving force. Because leaders in the party are bending over backward to appease their socialist comrades. (House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries congratulated the latest socialist primary winners, and when pressed on CNBC “to reject those things,” blurted out, “Donald Trump is the president of the United States of America. Are you kidding me?”)
So, as a public service, we’ve come up with 10 questions that every Democrat must be asked – by the press, by the public, in every interview, at every event – and be made to answer. Everyone deserves to know where they stand on these issues.
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