A constitutional expert who has a long family of history of approving of Democrats and their party is issuing a warning following a recent series of election losses by prominent party members.
The issue is that socialists, extremists, are taking the victories.
In recent weeks multiple self-avowed socialists have won party primaries in New York and Colorado, where Diana DeGette, a Democrat representative for Denver, lost her seat after nearly three decades.
It is Jonathan Turley, a constitutional expert, law professor and counselor to Congress on issues of the law, who posted the warning.
“For many of us who were raised in liberal, Democratic families, the infusion of socialist, anti-free-speech, and anti-Semitic elements into the party has been alarming. The party was always in favor of social welfare programs but remained ardently committed to free markets and free speech.”
Now, however, that’s changed.
“Now, we have CNN anchors openly questioning whether candidates are too Jewish-looking for the Democratic base as socialists sweep away establishment candidates,” he said.
Worse, he cited the results of an Economist/YouGov survey, which revealed that while 85% of Republicans and 40% of independents said they never would vote for socialists, 62% of Democrats said they would.
“Among self-described liberals, the percent of support for socialism soars to 73 percent,” he noted. “For Kamala Harris supporters, 64 percent would support socialists.”
He said even more alarming is the fact that 34% of Democrats “chose socialism while only 22% chose capitalism.”
Apparently abandoning democracy, “58% of Democrats view socialism in general ‘favorably.'”
Turley’s book, “Rage and the Republic,” addresses the shift: “Much of the anti-capitalist movement is composed of young people who have never lived under a socialist or communist government. Popular politicians like Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have made socialism chic, alongside wealthy celebrity adherents such as Lawrence O’Donnell, Susan Sarandon, Michael Moore, and Sarah Silverman. There is a superficiality to many in this movement of wealthy celebrities wearing socialism on their designer sleeves. In one of the most glaring disconnects, Ocasio-Cortez attended the ritzy Met Gala (where tickets cost tens of thousands of dollars) wearing a designer dress with ‘Tax the Rich’ in large letters. It perfectly captured America’s armchair socialists, a commitment that often seems more performative than philosophical.”
He pointed out the problems some “Democrats” have generating support from socialists, because of their wealth.
“Rep. Dan Goldman, who inherited a massive fortune as a trust baby, unwisely promised to help subsidize his campaign from his family fortune. With the addition of three homes, Goldman looked like the Richie Rich of the Democratic Party and lost by over 30 points.”
Rep. Ro Khanna reportedly has half a billion dollars from his wife’s inheritance and Gov. Jay Robert “J.B.” Pritzker also inherited his fortune.
“Pritzker assured the mob that he is a different kind of billionaire, pointing at Trump billionaires as the rightful targets (not him with $4.3 billion),” Turley explained.
