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Democratic Socialists of America Membership Surges After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Stunning Victory
Daily Beast ^ | June 28, 2018 | GIDEON RESNICK

Posted on 06/28/2018 6:25:54 PM PDT by EdnaMode

The ramifications of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning primary defeat of longtime Queens Democratic boss and Congressman Joe Crowley (D-NY) extend well beyond the confines of Capitol Hill.

The 28-year-old member of Democratic Socialists of America—who shockingly won in New York’s 14th congressional district on a leftist platform of Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, and a federal jobs guarantee—inspired a major boost in membership for the organization on Wednesday.

According to Lawrence Dreyfuss, a program associate for DSA, the organization saw a surge of 1,152 new memberships on Wednesday—about 35 times more sign-ups than on an average day.

The last major membership bump DSA experienced was in the month following President Trump’s election, during which time they had about six times more sign-ups than in the previous month.

DSA has undergone a renaissance of sorts in the Trump era, ballooning in size from some 5,000 members in November 2016 to 40,000 nationwide.

The left-wing group’s growth has been attributed in part to broader resistance to the new administration and wider acceptability of the “democratic socialist” label championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

“The people of NY-14 demanded more from its representative than empty promises and deep pockets,” Christian Bowe of DSA’s National Political Committee said after Ocasio’s win. “We’re proud of this victory, and we know this is only one of many more to come.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aoc; democraticparty; democratparty; democrats; dsa; ocasiocortez; socialism; socialists
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To: M-cubed

It’s delightful. Be careful what you wish for!


81 posted on 06/28/2018 11:25:39 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: EdnaMode

Pelosi’s a member of the Democrat Socialists of America as well.


82 posted on 06/28/2018 11:28:01 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: EdnaMode

There will be so MANY factions and forces pulling at this young inexperienced woman that she’ll self-destruct between now and the mid-term elections.


83 posted on 06/28/2018 11:44:53 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: dowcaet

Also not necessarily good news for the Republican Party... it will push The Republican Party even further left ;/


84 posted on 06/29/2018 12:44:42 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: eyeamok

New name: Dazi


85 posted on 06/29/2018 12:47:36 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: EdnaMode
America crouched under their school desks, listened to air raid siren drills, built underground shelters and spent billions in military hardware because of these s-heads. Now they are being treated as celebrities. I want to yell it to the roof tops . . .

Communism is political cancer for mankind!


86 posted on 06/29/2018 12:58:15 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the new cult of the Left.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

I call it Cultural Marxism.


87 posted on 06/29/2018 1:00:04 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the new cult of the Left.)
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To: KyCats
This is a huge problem for the Democrat Party. If their minorities and whack job leftists all bolt and join a new party, the Democratic Socialists, they’ll be fighting each other and splitting votes in national elections all over the country.

They're not going to splinter off. They're going to take over the Democrat Party. Still, a huge problem for the Democrats.

88 posted on 06/29/2018 1:32:24 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: T-Bone Texan

Let’s be frank: her victory was driven by hostile and resentful nonwhites who want their cut of the white people’s pie.

It’s racial marxism.

If they could put white people in camps, they would.
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But after a while they’d figure out that white people in camps aren’t producing the revenue needed for the non-white lifestyle.


89 posted on 06/29/2018 5:41:29 AM PDT by LydiaLong
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To: EdnaMode

GOOD!!!! Let them finally be open and honest about their goals, so that the mushy middle, and the non-voters, can start making the REAL choice, not the Santa Clause vs Selfishness choice they’ve been fed for a decade.


90 posted on 06/29/2018 5:43:00 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: EdnaMode

The Leftists are really hyping up this little tw@t. I bet they run her for President in 2024.


91 posted on 06/29/2018 5:44:09 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: EdnaMode

Stupid commies. Most of America still hates commies, thankfully. Although the student-as-a-career population continues to grow, so you never know.


92 posted on 06/29/2018 6:57:35 AM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: laplata
This split of the Democrats is another consequence of Trump's success. The bartending chihuahua is only exposing the ineffectiveness of the Rats to deliver prosperity.

Meanwhile, Trump is succeeding like gangbusters. There's some cognitive dissonance going on. Dems can only go two ways: jump on the Trump Train or the Bernie locomotive to hell:


93 posted on 06/29/2018 7:16:05 AM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: poconopundit

Very good points.

It’s going to be awkward for Obama to campaign against Trump this fall. But they have no shame.


94 posted on 06/29/2018 7:19:36 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: MAGAthon

I recall reading a BBC live blog at the time, with the reporter surprised those who were around him didn’t seem to know who Obama was. there was also talk that every Thursday night in this section of Berlin, there were street markets, etc.

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I remember that. And I also remember something about a popular band being brought in with free beer for all. They knew how to attract a crowd for his benefit.

The band and the beer were the big attraction.


95 posted on 06/29/2018 7:26:38 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Beowulf9

Free Hat! Free Hat! Free Hat!


96 posted on 06/29/2018 8:33:02 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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