The host leans into the camera with a familiar grin, telling viewers to hit the like button before diving into what he calls “the end of the Democratic Party as you know it. ” He’s been watching the rise of the Democratic Socialists, and he admits he finds many of their ideas crazy. But he’s glad they’re finally getting a platform. “Let them say exactly what they think,” he says.
“Let’s see what the American people really want. ”
He plays a clip of Francesca Hong, a Wisconsin state assemblywoman and self-described Democratic Socialist who is leading the polls in the Democratic primary for governor. In an interview, she gets rapid-fire questions about her platform. Do you support repealing Act 10?
Yes. Universal child care? Yes. Free school meals?
Yes. Guaranteed paid leave? Yes. Abolishing ICE?
Yes. Breaking up big agriculture? Yes. Public grocery stores?
Yes. Overturning Citizens United? Yes. A free Palestine?
Yes. She doesn’t hesitate on any of them. The host then shows another clip where the interviewer asks Hong if there’s anything on that list she now disavows. She says no.
When asked if there’s anything in the DSA platform she disagrees with, she mentions abolishing the Senate, calling it “nonsensical and non-practical at this time. ”
The interviewer pushes on the economics, asking how a state government could recruit corporations only to take them over. Hong says that wouldn’t be responsible, explaining she wants to create good jobs with good benefits and let people take care of themselves and their families. She talks about seniors aging with dignity and quality public education.
The host cuts in, calling her answers “platitudes” and “pandering. ” He says all of this has to work within an economic model. “Do we want people to make more money? Yes.
Do we want people to feel safe? Yes. But what are the solutions? You can’t just get rid of the problem.
Put some meat on the bones. ”
The interviewer counters again, putting Hong’s old posts on the screen. She had written “abolish the Senate,” wanted ICE out of Wisconsin, and had said “defund the police” four times, calling it a first step toward abolishing the police. The interviewer points out that President Trump won Wisconsin twice, making it the ultimate purple state, and asks why voters shouldn’t take her at her word.
“I believe that people can evolve,” Hong says. “We meet Trump voters from previous elections who now would like to vote for me. ”
“So who needs to evolve, the voter or you? ” the interviewer asks.
Hong insists that as governor, she cannot and will not defund the police, saying the goal is to be tough on the causes of crime, like getting guns off the streets and giving kids places to go after school. The host laughs at the idea of putting “working people first. ”
“Where are they going to work? ” he asks.
“They don’t advocate for entrepreneurship or people starting their own businesses. They want to take away from the businesses and give more to the workers. But the businesses have to be profitable to keep paying those workers. They never put that part of the puzzle together.
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The scene shifts to clips of establishment Democrats sounding the alarm. Dana Bash criticizes Senator Bernie Sanders for endorsing candidates she says are extreme, and former Congressman Mondaire Jones says he’s tired of a far-left faction demanding that progressives support ideas that are “completely nuts,” citing positions like no police, no prisons, and hostility toward Israel. Mark Thiessen, a Fox News contributor, says the Democrats are reaping what they’ve sown by appeasing the far left for years. He compares the DSA’s desire to abolish the Senate and the Supreme Court to mainstream Democrats wanting to end the filibuster and pack the Court, calling them the same impulse to remove checks and balances.
“They’re getting engaged in a hostile takeover of the party,” he says. “These people don’t want to be appeased. They want power. ”
Bill Maher, playing a clip, says the Democratic Party is being taken over by cowards.
“When we’re cheering for the intifada, I’m out,” Maher says. “Your vote is up for grabs. ”
The host then turns to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, calling her the “queen” of what he dismisses as socialist nonsense. He claims she’s bad at explaining anything and hasn’t accomplished much as a legislator, pointing out that she voted for Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries as speaker and has been an establishment insider since 2018.
“Don’t tell the kids she’s a socialist firebrand,” the host says. “She’s been flying around on private jets to talk about socialism. That’s not an accomplishment. Flying is an activity.
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By 2028, he notes, AOC will have been in Congress for ten years, so she can’t position herself as the new face of the party. He also claims she froze on stage at the Munich Security Conference when asked a simple foreign policy question, failing to answer whether Venezuela is north or south of the equator. “She talks about socialism here and there, but she wants to have it both ways,” he says. The host finishes by saying he’s actually glad the socialists are having their moment in the sun, including Bernie Sanders and AOC, so the country can debate publicly and vote on what the American people really want.
He says with the rise of AI and rapid technological change, these debates are necessary now more than ever. “Either these ideas survive or they don’t,” he says. “Me and my family, we’re going to be good either way. I hope it’s the same for you.
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He asks viewers whether they think this is the start of a lasting new wave or a vain attempt to reshape America into socialism, then encourages them to share the video and subscribe. He closes by reminding his audience about his paralegal school, telling them it has been around for 23 years, helped hundreds of people since 2003, and comes with an internship placement, with a discount for YouTube subscribers.
