RICH LOWRY: Socialists versus the Senate

By Rich Lowry King Features July 27, 2026 - 9:00 pm Political parties tend to harshly reject the idea that they are a threat to the constitutional order, but the Democratic Socialists of America are making it part of their brand. The DSA has released a new program that, besides contemplating the advent of a classless society, calls for abolishing the Senate, the presidency and the Supreme Court. This is literally a revolutionary program to topple the American system as we have known it since 1789. The proposal to kill off the world’s greatest deliberative body has gotten the most attention. New York City’s DSA co-chair, Gustavo Gordillo, went on Fox News to explain that the Senate is “undemocratic,” and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said that she opposes the filibuster and elements of