Democratic Socialists Co-Chair Sparks Bipartisan Alarm

The Democratic Socialists of America are no longer hiding the scope of their political ambitions.

During an appearance with Fox News host Shannon Bream, DSA co-chair Megan Romer confirmed that the organization supports a sweeping agenda that includes abolishing the Senate and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, eliminating national borders, granting mass amnesty, defunding the Pentagon, dismantling prisons and placing major corporations under public ownership.

Romer acknowledged each position when Bream questioned her about the organization’s official platform, although she described the elimination of borders and prisons as longer-term objectives.

The exchange quickly spread across social media, alarming Republicans and moderate Democrats who fear the socialist movement is gaining influence ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

The DSA’s agenda goes far beyond expanding government programs. It represents a fundamental challenge to America’s constitutional system, national sovereignty, free-market economy and traditional institutions.

The organization’s platform calls for replacing the presidency and Supreme Court “as we now know them,” eliminating the Senate, abolishing ICE and transferring control of major industries to the government.

These ideas can no longer be dismissed as theoretical demands from fringe activists. DSA-supported candidates have recently won several Democratic primaries in safely liberal districts.

Claire Valdez won the nomination for the seat previously held by Rep. Nydia Velázquez, while Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat. Chris Rabb prevailed in a Philadelphia-area race, and Melat Kiros defeated longtime Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette.

Those candidates are expected to have strong chances of winning in November, potentially expanding the socialist bloc already represented by lawmakers such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib.

The election of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has further raised the DSA’s national profile and encouraged socialist activists to target additional Democratic incumbents.

Moderate Democrats are now warning that the movement’s agenda could destroy the party’s appeal among working-class voters, independents and political moderates.

Annie Andrews, a Democratic Senate candidate in South Carolina, sharply rejected the organization’s platform.

“I can’t understand how anyone claiming to fight for working people could hold and promote such ludicrous beliefs. These ideas don’t reflect American values, and they certainly don’t represent South Carolina. If this is what the DSA stands for, it’s completely un-American and unhinged.”

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman also challenged Democratic leaders to distance themselves from the group.

“This isn’t a big tent—it’s anarchy. Why can’t Dems call out the DSA?”

Gun-control activist Shannon Watts warned that the platform would repel essential voters.

“The people we need most to vote with our party, including moderates and independents, will look at this list and think ‘WTF’.”

Former Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan urged mainstream Democrats to confront the socialist faction before it damages the entire party.

“No borders so terrorist can just walk into the US? Amnesty for them? No military at all? Some national Dem please stand up to this insanity before it’s too late.”

Republicans delivered even more direct responses.

“These people are insane,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said.

Florida Sen. Ashley Moody accused democratic socialists of being “hell-bent on destroying America.”

The DSA attempted to defend its program by portraying it as a long-term vision for meeting Americans’ economic needs.

“Our program is an ambitious, long-term project with a vision for a future in which people’s material needs are met, crime is reduced because people and have good-paying jobs, and families can easily afford their rent. In a democratic socialist future, we fund childcare and healthcare, not genocide and war.”

The organization insisted Democratic candidates are “not running on a DSA platform,” while accusing the broader party of serving “billionaires and corporations.”

It then asked whether Democrats would “finally become a party that fights for working Americans instead of billionaires, AIPAC, and defense contractors.”

The DSA’s published platform calls for a 32-hour workweek without reduced pay, government-run health care, publicly owned housing and a Green New Deal placing energy and transportation systems under collective ownership.

Its foreign-policy program demands defunding the Department of Defense, ending American military and economic assistance to Israel, prosecuting American and Israeli officials over the war in Gaza and abolishing ICE.

Its proposed political transformation includes eliminating the Electoral College, introducing proportional representation and replacing the presidency and Supreme Court “with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress.”

The platform also calls for government ownership of the country’s largest corporations and essential industries.

The DSA’s growing influence presents Democrats with an unavoidable choice. Party leaders can reject a movement seeking to dismantle America’s constitutional and economic system, or they can allow socialist candidates to continue pulling the party toward an agenda most voters would never accept.