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‘So far left’: Democrats' image is utterly in the toilet amid socialist takeover

Sky News Australia

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July 2, 2026

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Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer says the Democratic Party’s brand is in the toilet. “The Democratic Party brand is utterly in the toilet,” Mr Hammer told Sky News host James Morrow. “This is a party that has gone so far to the left that they are just not recognisable.”

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Off The Press

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· Jun 29, 2026

Fetterman: ‘Significant part’ of Democratic Party ‘getting taken over’ by ‘extreme views’

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said a “significant part” of the Democratic Party is being “taken over” by “extreme views” after candidates with ties to democratic socialism recently scored wins in congressional primary races. Fetterman said during an appearance on Fox News’s “Saturday in America” that the rise in progressive candidates signals a growing shift for []...Click to read more

Sky News Australia

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· Jul 2, 2026

Democrats’ radical shift to far left originates with Barack Obama

Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer says the Democrats’ radical shift to the far left originates with former US president Barack Obama. “My telling of this tale begins with Barack Obama’s defeat of Hilary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary,” Mr Hammer told Sky News host James Morrow. “That really was the moment that the radicals began to take over the Democratic Party.”

Washington Examiner

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· Jun 22, 2026

Democrats become the party of socialists and Third-Worldism

The Democratic Party is sprinting further to the left, becoming the party of socialism and third-worldism that hates America and everything for which it stands. According to various polls, the Democratic Socialists of America have a +17 favorability rating among Democrats, with 66 of Democrats having a favorable view of socialism. Meanwhile, congressional Democrats have just a []

Irish Star

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· Jun 29, 2026

Old 'woke' JD Vance Black Lives Matter post comes back to haunt him

Although apparently mocking Democrats and the growing list of liberal complaints about the direction America is heading, some took it at face value

Powerline

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· Jun 23, 2026

Our Socialist Fellow-Citizens

The gulf between Republicans/conservatives and Democrats/socialists has grown to the point where it may be unbridgeable. Check out these recent poll data from CNN. Democrats are now firmly in the socialist camp: This is a problem many on the Right don't want to accept The Left is no longer just like us they just want to have more welfare The left is abandoning Capitalism, Christianity and all of the values

Punching Bag Post

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· Jul 2, 2026

It’s Civil War Inside the Democratic Party

The Democratic Party’s internal struggle is no longer simmering beneath the surface. It is becoming an open political war between the party’s traditional leadership and the rapidly growing Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Recent primary victories by socialist-backed candidates, combined with increasingly blunt criticism from veteran Democrats, suggest that the conflict has entered a new [] The post It’s Civil War Inside the Democratic Party appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

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Related coverage for "‘So far left’: Democrats' image is utterly in the toilet amid socialist takeover": Off The Press — Fetterman: ‘Significant part’ of Democratic Party ‘getting taken over’ by ‘extreme views’. Sky News Australia — Democrats’ radical shift to far left originates with Barack Obama. Washington Examiner — Democrats become the party of socialists and Third-Worldism. Irish Star — Old 'woke' JD Vance Black Lives Matter post comes back to haunt him. Powerline — Our Socialist Fellow-Citizens. Punching Bag Post — It’s Civil War Inside the Democratic Party