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On July 17, 2026, Fox News’ Martha MacCallum pressed New York City DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo on a cascade of radical proposals, and viewers watched in disbelief as he blamed the “imposition of capitalism and American imperialism” for why his family and others came to our shores. The loaded premise that America—a beacon of freedom for generations—is the root cause of migration is not just wrong, it’s a betrayal of the very people who risk everything to live here.
Gordillo’s own story of fleeing the violence of Peru’s Shining Path should make him grateful for the refuge America provided, not eager to indict the nation that gave his family a chance. Turning that survival into a political talking point about “imperialism” insults hardworking immigrants who fled real tyranny, not a healthy, aspirational America.
But Gordillo didn’t stop at revisionist history; he openly defended government-run grocery stores and scoffed at private profits, even arguing that if a publicly owned supermarket puts a bodega out of business, “maybe they shouldn’t have been in that business.” He went on to assert that nobody has a right to double-digit returns on investment, laying bare a contempt for entrepreneurship that fuels opportunity for millions.
This is the economic vandalism of modern socialism: abolish institutional checks like the Senate, nationalize portions of commerce, and penalize success until ambition dries up. Those aren’t abstract ideas for ivory-tower idealists—they are policies that would crush small business, gut jobs in immigrant communities, and choke off the very upward mobility Democrats pretend to champion.
Martha MacCallum’s stunned reaction was the correct public response to a worldview that flips responsibility on its head and excuses chaos while promising control. The mainstream media should stop normalizing radical slogans and start asking how these prescriptions will concretely help struggling Americans instead of enriching ideological elites.
Patriots know what’s at stake: we either defend the principles that made America the land of opportunity—secure borders, the rule of law, free enterprise—or we watch those principles be eroded by smug radicals who mistake grievance for governance. It’s time for voters to reject the soft bigotry of socialism and stand with hardworking Americans who believe in freedom, responsibility, and the relentless pursuit of a better life.
