Internet firestorm erupts as Wall Street Journal editorial targets 'radical' group
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Section: politics ·
Bias: Left
· Published: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:12:28 GMT
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board issued a scathing editorial on Sunday targeting what they called a "radical" left-wing group. "The Democratic Socialists of America are gaining strength in the Democratic Party, so it behooves voters to know what they’d do with political power," the editorial reads in part. And one position that the editors singled out is the party's calls to "abolish the Senate" to create a government "with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress." "The left loathes the Senate because it is also a restraint on temporary majorities," the editors added. "The Senate’s design, with two Members from each state, gives an equal voice to small and large states. This prevents dominance by California, New York, and Texas. And it buttresses the federalist principles at the core of the Constitution’s design, which preserves certain powers to the states as a check on Washington, D.C.’s commandments.""The common denominator in all of these DSA proposals is eliminating barriers to rapid, radical change," they added. "The socialists want a single-branch legislature that can sweep into power in a single election, dominate the President, and neuter the judiciary as a check on that power. With those checks gone, they can impose their agenda that will be nearly impossible to undo."The editorial was published on the same day that DSA Chair Megan Romer told Fox News's Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday" that the party's plan to abolish the Senate was "true," which set off an internet firestorm. MAGA fans had a field day with Romer's comments. "This is the new Democrat Party; their agenda is incompatible with Western civilization," Benny Johnson, a popular MAGA influencer, posted on X."The Democratic Socialists of America co-chair just confirmed they are full-blown communists," Jonathan Choe, senior journalism fellow at the Discovery Institute, posted on X. "If you need any more proof, listen to what she had to say about their plans for this country." The comments also sparked sharp pushback from some Democrats as well. "This isn’t a big tent—it’s anarchy," Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) posted on X in response to a clip of Romer's interview. "This is the kind of crazy, stupid, just plain wrong s--- that Republicans will tag the whole Democratic party with and cause independents & moderates to not vote Democrat," Joe Walsh, a former Republican lawmaker who switched party allegiances, posted on X. "So please, Democrats…condemn this s---."
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