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The Democratic Party’s leadership keeps proving what conservatives have suspected for years: when given the choice between electability and ideological purity, too many Democratic elites choose the radical option. Whether it’s local school boards or the mayor’s office of America’s biggest city, the left’s taste for spectacle and identity politics now outweighs a sober assessment of what keeps communities safe and prosperous. Americans who work hard, play by the rules, and want common-sense governance are watching their cities and institutions teeter while elites applaud the chaos.
One glaring example came when New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani declined to clearly denounce the rallying cry “globalize the intifada” on a national podcast — a phrase many reasonably read as a call to violence and an affront to Jewish New Yorkers who fear rising antisemitism. His refusal to give a firm repudiation should have set off alarm bells across the party, but instead it became another moment Democrats brushed aside as “nuance.”
Even after intense backlash, Mamdani’s response was telling: reports show he later said he would “discourage” the phrase rather than unequivocally condemn it, a weaselly retreat that satisfies no one seriously concerned about safety or moral clarity. That half-step demonstrates the party’s new calculus — don’t alienate the activist wing, even if it means sidelining decency and national security concerns. Voters deserve leaders who will call out violent-sounding rhetoric, not candidates who parse semantics while neighborhoods burn.
When questioned about this trend, Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin openly defended the party’s tolerance for such voices, insisting Democrats are a “big tent” and must welcome even those with whom leaders disagree. That shrug from the party’s top official is a political admission: the modern Democratic coalition is content to sit on moral compromises if it means keeping the coalition intact. To conservatives, and to the millions of Americans who want safety and sanity, that sounds less like unity and more like cowardice.
Contrast that posture with what happens when progressives become liabilities: not every radical survives primary season. Rep. Jamaal Bowman — a poster child for the Squad’s brazen style — was ousted in a bitter 2024 Democratic primary by George Latimer after his controversial statements on Israel and other scandals. Bowman’s loss showed that, when voters mobilize and mainstream groups push back, the radical experiment can be stopped — but only after a destructive, expensive fight that leaves communities divided.
Yet the party’s reflex is still to protect its own incumbents when it suits narrow interests. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democratic leaders publicly endorsed Rep. Cori Bush despite ongoing ethics and campaign-related controversies, signaling a tolerance for behavior that would be a career-ender in any responsible organization. That kind of protectionism tells the public that accountability only applies when convenient, not when principle demands it.
The result is predictable: Democrats double down on candidates who pander to the most extreme elements of their coalition, then feign surprise when moderates, independents, and even some longtime Democrats recoil. Our cities and institutions don’t need virtue-signaling radicals; they need leaders who respect the rule of law, protect religious minorities, and prioritize jobs and safety over headlines. The American people are wiser than the elites give them credit for, and they will punish parties that prefer ideology to results.
Hardworking Americans should take note and act. Hold Democrats accountable at the ballot box, demand clear answers on radical rhetoric, and support candidates who stand for unity through strength, not cohesion through compromise. If conservatives don’t show up and make their voices heard, the experiment of normalized extremism will continue to erode the institutions that once bound this nation together.
