{"id":2630153,"date":"2026-07-15T14:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-co-chairman-defends-proposal-to-abolish-senate-we-dont-think-thats-extreme\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:10:24","slug":"dsa-co-chairman-defends-proposal-to-abolish-senate-we-dont-think-thats-extreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-co-chairman-defends-proposal-to-abolish-senate-we-dont-think-thats-extreme\/","title":{"rendered":"DSA co-chairman defends proposal to abolish Senate: &#8216;We don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s extreme&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdsa-co-chairman-defends-proposal-to-abolish-senate-we-dont-think-thats-extreme%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=2630153&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>Ashik Siddiqu, co-chairman of the democratic Socialists of America (DSA), defended the organization\u2019s proposal too abolish the U.S. Senate,citing it&#8217;s undemocratic nature due to equal depiction for all states irrespective of population. He argued that the Senate was originally designed to serve wealthy landowners and not the general populace. siddiqu emphasized that eliminating the Senate would make the federal government more representative and democratic, aligning with their platform of reforming institutional structures.<\/p>\n<p>The DSA&#8217;s new platform calls for significant changes to the federal government, including replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with institutions controlled by Congress, and abolishing the Senate altogether. Siddiqu contends that the current structure, which gives small states the same voting power as larger states, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-declares-its-not-the-right-time-for-elections-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Zelensky says now is not the right time for elections in Ukraine.\">undermines democratic principles<\/a>. To achieve such reforms would require amending the Constitution, which involves a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >complex process requiring approval<\/a> from two-thirds of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the states.If successful, congressional responsibilities currently held by the Senate would likely shift to the House of Representatives, resulting in a more majoritarian system.<\/p>\n<p>Historically,the U.S. Constitution&#8217;s design aimed to prevent temporary majorities from overriding minority rights, establishing a system of checks and balances through separated powers. The Senate\u2019s role as a stabilizing institution was intended to provide deliberate and informed governance,a vision supported by figures like James Madison.<\/p>\n<p>These proposals and debates highlight ongoing tensions between democratic reform efforts and constitutional protections built into the American political system.  <\/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\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-socialists-of-america\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5861\">Democratic Socialists of America<\/a> co-chairman Ashik Siddiqu defended the organization\u2019s call to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4648833\/dsa-new-platform-replace-president-supreme-court\/\">abolish the Senate<\/a>, arguing the chamber is fundamentally undemocratic and that eliminating it would make the federal government more representative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Senate is a very undemocratic institution,\u201d Siddiqu <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/washington-journal\/ashik-siddique-on-democratic-socialists-of-america-and-campaign-2026\/682777\">said<\/a> on a C-SPAN appearance. \u201cI talked a bit about democracy, a \u2018small d\u2019 democracy, and that\u2019s really important to us. We want democratic representation of all people who live in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4649348\/jon-ossoff-20-million-fundraising-georgia-senate-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jon Ossoff boasts $20 million fundraising haul<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4649118\/house-gop-releases-budget-framework-for-95-billion-reconciliation-package\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House GOP releases budget framework for $95 billion reconciliation bill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4648582\/nrcc-backs-seven-new-candidates-swing-seats\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House Republican campaign arm backs seven new candidates in swing seats<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s part of our platform, and we don\u2019t think that\u2019s extreme,\u201d he added. \u201cWe think it\u2019s a change that would help make this country more democratic.\u201d<\/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\">Siddiqu\u2019s comments came after the DSA unveiled a new national platform on Tuesday that calls for sweeping changes to the federal government, including abolishing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> and replacing the presidency and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"203\">Supreme Court <\/a>with \u201can executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Siddiqu argued that the Senate\u2019s equal representation for every state undermines democratic principles by giving voters in less populous states the same representation as those in much larger states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Senate represents its two senators per state, and it\u2019s very undemocratic at a basic level because a state with a small population gets the same representation as a state with 40 million people, like California, or New York, or Texas, or Florida,\u201d Siddiqu said. \u201cWe believe government should be proportional to the population, and that\u2019s a very basic core principle. The House of Representatives is more democratic in that way, and we just don\u2019t see the point of the Senate.\u201d<\/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\">He also argued the chamber was originally designed to protect wealthy landowners rather than represent the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHistorically, it was meant to serve very wealthy people who owned a lot of land, and that\u2019s still a system that we have today,\u201d Siddiqu said. \u201cIt\u2019s something we would change. We would expand what the House of Representatives does and make it more representative of the people who live in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abolishing the Senate would require amending the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/constitution\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"424\">Constitution<\/a>. Under Article V, constitutional amendments must be approved by two-thirds of both chambers of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states. Article V also provides that \u201cno State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.\u201d<\/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\">If such an amendment were adopted, Congress would need to reassign the Senate\u2019s constitutional responsibilities, including confirming executive and judicial nominees, ratifying treaties, conducting impeachment trials, and considering legislation, to another institution, most likely the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"93\">House of Representatives<\/a>, resulting in a substantially more majoritarian federal system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Constitution\u2019s framers rejected a purely majoritarian form of government, arguing it could <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/fed50.asp\">enable a temporary majority<\/a> to override the rights of minorities or act against the broader public interest. Instead, they established a representative republic with separated powers and institutional checks designed to slow political change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4648833\/dsa-new-platform-replace-president-supreme-court\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4648833\/dsa-new-platform-replace-president-supreme-court\/\">DSA\u2019s new platform seeks to \u2018replace\u2019 presidency and Supreme Court, nix Electoral College<\/a><\/strong><\/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\">The Senate was intended to serve as one of those checks, representing states equally regardless of population and insulating lawmakers from sudden shifts in public opinion through staggered six-year terms. Alongside the separation of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, the chamber was designed to help prevent any single political majority from consolidating unchecked authority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Constitutional Convention, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-madison\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3207\">James Madison <\/a>argued \u201cthe nature of the senatorial trust, which requires greater extent of information and stability of character,\u201d would allow the Senate \u201cto proceed with more coolness, with more system, and with more wisdom than the popular[ly elected] branch.\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>DSA co-chair Ashik Siddiqui calls for abolishing the undemocratic Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2630154,"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\/AP18199051494870-e1784082972778.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[14436,82759,74849,58333,82758],"class_list":["post-2630153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-activism","tag-co-chairman","tag-dsa","tag-political-proposal","tag-senate-abolition"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP18199051494870-e1784082972778.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630153","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\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630157,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630153\/revisions\/2630157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}