{"id":2627255,"date":"2026-07-09T11:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-establishment-is-dead-as-socialists-gain-momentum-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:40:05","slug":"democratic-establishment-is-dead-as-socialists-gain-momentum-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-establishment-is-dead-as-socialists-gain-momentum-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic establishment is &#8216;dead&#8217; as socialists gain momentum: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-establishment-is-dead-as-socialists-gain-momentum-joe-concha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2627255&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha has stated that establishment Democrats are effectively &#8220;dead&#8221; due to the rising momentum of socialist candidates within the party. concha attributes this surge to socialist candidates&#8217; ability to mobilize voters in primaries, often defeating moderate or establishment Democrats, especially in major cities. Recent primary victories in Colorado and New york exemplify this trend, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >socialist-backed candidates winning key races<\/a>, such as Melat Kiros in Colorado and Brad Lander in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Concha questions whether the Democratic Party will embrace these more progressive and socialist candidates or resist the shift, warning that organizations like the Democratic Socialists of america (DSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-congress-can-protect-inventors-from-big-businesses-stealing-their-ideas-in-court\/\" title=\"How Congress Can Protect Inventors From Big Businesses Stealing Their Ideas In Court\">possess significant resources<\/a> and organization that could challenge the traditional DNC establishment. He suggests that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socialist-primary-wins-prove-mass-migration-remakes-america\/\" title=\"... Primary Wins Prove Mass Migration Remakes ...\">socialist primary wins<\/a> may complicate House Speaker cain Jeffries\u2019 path to leadership and could lead to more confrontations between socialists and republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Concha notes that President Donald Trump may leverage this growing socialist movement as a &#8220;Reagan moment,&#8221; contrasting ideology with clarity-suggesting that America faces a choice between socialism and common sense. he depicts a Democratic Party at a crossroads, influenced heavily by socialist ideas gaining ground in primary races.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> declared establishment <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> \u201cdead,\u201d as the socialist movement within the party gained \u201cmomentum\u201d following <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-special-section\/4631209\/quarterly-briefing-dsa-winning-streak-biggest-test-swing-states\/\">numerous primary victories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSocialists are gaining such momentum right now because they can get people out for primary votes, where the establishment is dead,\u201d Concha said on Fox Business\u2019s <em>Kudlow<\/em> Wednesday. \u201cIf you\u2019re a Democrat, and you\u2019re establishment, so-called \u2018moderate,\u2019 you will be primaried, and you will be beaten.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 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\u2018angry\u2019 with both parties<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the way things are going now at this point in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democratic-Party\/\">Democratic Party<\/a>, especially in major cities,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remarks come as socialist and progressive candidates continue to win in Democratic primaries across the country, including most recently in Colorado and New York. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three candidates New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Zohran-Mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> endorsed in the New York primaries won, with one of those candidates, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4619187\/new-york-10th-democratic-primary\/\">Brad Lander, defeating<\/a> the incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY). <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A similar situation happened in Colorado when 29-year-old socialist Melat Kiros, who was backed by Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Bernie-Sanders\/\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT), defeated Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO). <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Concha acknowledged socialists\u2019 momentum in primaries, he questioned if the larger Democratic Party will embrace these candidates and shift further left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe question is, do Democrats stand up or just take it lying down?\u201d Concha said. \u201cBecause eventually, when there\u2019s national elections in places like Michigan, for example, Abdul el Sayed is running there against Mike Rogers. If [el Sayed] wins, then the alarm bells should go off.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha argued the Democratic Socialists of America will \u201csquash\u201d the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\">Democratic National Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Democratic Socialist of America have money and have organization,\u201d Concha said. \u201cThat\u2019s why they will squash the DNC, the establishment, then therefore become the DSA, socialist versus Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou want that fight every time, twice on Sunday,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-special-section\/4633441\/socialist-primary-wins-complicate-jeffries-path-speakers-gavel\/\"><strong>SOCIALIST PRIMARY WINS COULD COMPLICATE JEFFRIES\u2019 PATH TO THE SPEAKER\u2019S GAVEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha said how President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> responds to the growing socialist movement is his \u201cReagan moment.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReagan fought communism better than anybody,\u201d Concha said. \u201cNow he has that stark contrast to say \u2018either choose communism or choose common sense,\u2019 which one are you going to go with?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concha: Dems face socialist surge, establishment fading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2627256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26180126924303.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32923,52093,34432,5894,12428],"class_list":["post-2627255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-party","tag-joe-concha","tag-political-shift","tag-politics","tag-socialism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26180126924303.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627259,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627255\/revisions\/2627259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}