Tom Cotton: Marxist Democrats Are A Warning Sign For The Country

Democrats in New York, Colorado, and New Jersey recently voted to send actual socialists to Congress. These results should concern every American across the country, because what starts on the far-left fringe often becomes the Democratic Party’s national agenda. This latest Red-Green alliance between Marxists and Islamists, both of whom hate America, has its roots in the early 20th century, as Soviet communists courted Muslim peoples to join in the “holy war against the British conquerors” to “liberate the peoples of the East.”

More than a century later, the resurgence of this anti-Western alliance points to a disturbing future that will arrive sooner rather than later — unless Americans reject it now.

Consider New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier, who posted about using the American flag as a napkin and called our country a “f*cking disgrace.” She’s made no secret about her disdain for our troops, going as far as criticizing our military for committing “war crimes” and mocking homeless veterans.

Not long after Chevalier’s win, Melat Kiros — who called the 9/11 attacks the “inevitable” result of America’s foreign policy and Hamas’s October 7 attack the “inevitable consequence of apartheid” — unseated a 15-term congresswoman in Colorado. Never mind that her predecessor was one of the most liberal members in the House. Clearly, she wasn’t radical enough.

Rounding out this roster of radicals is Adam Hamawy, the Democratic nominee for New Jersey’s 12th, who testified on behalf of the convicted terrorist mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Omar Abdel-Rahman. Three decades on from the Blind Sheikh’s trial, Hamawy is one step closer to Congress.

In addition to their anti-American rhetoric, all three of these candidates hold truly radical policy positions, like replacing capitalism with socialism, ending the electoral college, granting full voting rights to illegal aliens, abolishing prisons, outlawing fossil fuels, and permanently opening the border.

You might argue that such things will never come to pass. And current Democrats will say that these socialists aren’t representative of their party. But recent history begs to differ.

Just look at how the defund-the-police lunatics successfully turned their opposition to law enforcement into action. Last year, Democrats in Congress shut down the Department of Homeland Security for 76 days trying to eliminate the entire U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency permanently. And now, Democrats in the Senate are blocking even the introduction of our National Defense Authorization Act, a vital bill to support our troops that’s always easily passed with bipartisan support.

Or consider the transformation of the party’s views on illegal immigration. For example, Bill Clinton accurately and regularly used the phrase “illegal aliens,” which is now considered hate speech in Democratic circles. Even President Barack Obama wrote in support of “requiring that any job first be offered to U.S. workers.” Now, just 10 years later, more than 50% of all Democrats say their party stands for open borders, and blue “sanctuary” cities across the nation flat-out refuse to cooperate with federal authorities.

And recall the meteoric rise of Medicare for All, a single-payer, tax-funded, national health insurance program that would eliminate private insurance. Once a rogue policy proposal championed by Bernie Sanders, it’s now a mainstream policy goal for the Left, supported by nearly 75% of Democrats in Congress.

And as Islamists adopt socialist views, so too are socialists adopting Islamist views. For example, after the assault against Israel on October 7, the Democratic Socialists of America argued, “it is not terrorism or antisemitism to fight against this injustice.” This insanity has bled into policy decisions in Congress, as Democrats abandon America’s longtime friend to appease their base. Consider that at the beginning of the war, just three Democratic senators voted against sending military aid to Israel, but by 2025, more than half of them voted against it.

Make no mistake: the same activist groups, donors, and political organizations behind this new wave of radical socialists will spend the next several years pushing their agenda in Congress and across the country. Their ideas are already taking hold within the national party: Democrats’ favorability toward socialism has jumped from 50 percent to 66 percent over the last 15 years. And Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Hamas apologist and proponent of government-run grocery stores, is seen as the third most representative politician of the modern Democratic Party.

If these trends continue, every American will live with the consequences. Taxes will increase, the prices of basic goods and services will skyrocket, and energy costs will soar. They will reopen the border, hamstring our military, and defund the police.

Americans will be far less safe and far less prosperous.

Every Democrat elected to Congress helps determine who chairs committees, what legislation reaches the House and Senate floors, and who sets the Democratic Party’s agenda. Democrats who campaign as moderates still vote to put the party’s leadership in charge, empowering the likes of Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the party’s increasingly radical wing.

By contrast, Republicans will continue to back the Americans who serve our country in uniform. We’ll continue fighting for a secure border, so families aren’t forced to foot the bill for illegal immigration. We’ll continue working to lower energy costs by expanding American oil and natural gas production. And we’ll continue standing with law enforcement, defending the Second Amendment, protecting the unborn, and preserving our God-given freedoms.

The Democratic Party is moving further Left every year. This November, Americans can put an end to this socialist upswing by rejecting their radical agenda and voting Republican.

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Senator Tom Cotton represents the State of Arkansas.