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A top conservative leader in the House GOP is arguing that supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are pushing Democrats further left than even they are letting on.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., told Fox News Digital he’s still hopeful that Republicans have a chance of retaining their razor-thin majority in the lower chamber of Congress because Democrats’ left flank will make American voters nervous come November.
“The Democrat party is now being infiltrated with truly communist elements. I think Americans are going to realize that the Democrats are truly the crazy party now, and the country can’t tolerate that,” Harris said. “So I think that improves our chances in November.”
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One line that is already popping up frequently on the campaign trail references the recent slate of victories for DSA-backed candidates in Democratic primaries across the country.
In New York City, for example, two House candidates backed by Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani defeated incumbent progressive lawmakers and will likely sail to victory in the November general election.
A third open House race saw a Mamdani-backed candidate defeat an opponent who was endorsed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
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“I think Mr. Mamdani in New York says exactly where the party is. He wants government-run everything. That’s called communism. That’s way beyond socialism. That’s communism,” Harris said.
When you want to control – for instance, you want have the grocery stores run by the government – that’s the way it is in Russia. That’s is the way is in China. That’s it the way in communist-controlled countries. And anybody who’s interested in that, ought to look back at history and see how that works out.”
Harris himself is in a safe red seat after Maryland Democrats thwarted an effort by their own party to redraw congressional lines there ahead of November.
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