The original “Squad” of DSA members elected as Democrats included Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). The Squad then picked up Cori Bush (D-Mo.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).
This year they added Congressmen Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Greg Casar (D-Texas), and Congresswoman Summer Lee (D-Pa.). All three likewise came into politics through the DSA and its activism, though by report Lee is currently separated from the DSA proper.
The strategy that led to this result is due to Cenk Uygur, who five years ago explained his and his allies’ long-term strategy: “What we need to do is take over the Democratic Party. We’re going to primary all of the establishment Democrats…. We’re going to primary all vulnerable Democrats.” A particular target was Democrats in heavily Democratic districts, where winning the primary wins the general election in November, because there was no competitive Republican opponent in the General election.
Readers will recall that Senator Bernie Sanders came from a similar political direction.
Information from this article came in part from a report in American Spectator ” More Democratic Socialists in Congress” by Paul Kengor. https://spectator.org/more-democratic-socialists-in-congress/
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Keep up the classy work, GP.
Cenk Uygur? Socialists have been deliberately running in the Democratic party as a strategy since Upton Sinclair’s California Gubernatorial run in 1934.