Establishment Democrats Would Rather Republicans Keep the House Than Empower the DSA
That's the real threat. A handful of DSA-backed members could decide whether Hakeem Jeffries becomes speaker, and Chuck Schumer's path to majority leader looks shakier by the day. The establishment kept its distance from Mamdani, Kirsten Gillibrand had to apologize for falsely tying him to global jihad, and the DSCC has been slow to back Nixon, who is running even with Ashley Moody.
You can disagree with Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, and the rest of the Bulwark about plenty, but you will never hear them say they'd rather Republicans keep the House.
Hawk hates the two-party system. It's still a…
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