AOC’s Leftist headache

Next year, the Democratic Socialists of America will have at least six of their own in Congress. The Squad — an overlapping, larger grouping in the House that includes Leftist Democrats who aren’t part of the DSA, like Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar — will be even more expansive. The upsurge owes to the primary victories of Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York City, Melat Kiros in Colorado, and Chris Rabb in Philadelphia. All are unapologetic Leftists who have campaigned on blocking aid to Israel and abolishing ICE. With the GOP facing an uphill battle to keep the House, all of these socialists will likely be sitting in the majority next year. And if Democrats somehow flip the Senate, too, they will be emboldened as never before. Yet the woman who introduced modern democratic so