{"id":2631763,"date":"2026-07-18T14:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-portnoy-shocked-by-people-who-fled-countries-that-are-disasters-spreading-socialism-across-us\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T14:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:54:25","slug":"dave-portnoy-shocked-by-people-who-fled-countries-that-are-disasters-spreading-socialism-across-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-portnoy-shocked-by-people-who-fled-countries-that-are-disasters-spreading-socialism-across-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Portnoy Shocked by People Who Fled &#8216;Countries That Are Disasters&#8217; Spreading Socialism Across US"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fdave-portnoy-shocked-by-people-who-fled-countries-that-are-disasters-spreading-socialism-across-us%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=2631763&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>Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-hunter-crashes-flees-house-hearing\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Hunter Crashes House Hearing, Makes Quick Escape\">expressed strong opinions<\/a> on recent political developments, specifically criticizing the wins of Democratic socialist candidates in primaries. He blamed these victories partly on immigrants adn first-generation Americans who he believes are bringing issues from their home countries to the U.S. and are involved in anti-Semitic sentiments, notably anti-Israel attitudes. Portnoy pointed out that many of these candidates lack traditional jobs outside activism and are supported by affluent families. He also suggested that anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments are fueling their campaigns. Portnoy highlighted that some of these candidates, supported by socialist groups, are likely to enter Congress and align with a Democratic caucus that appears increasingly opposed to aid for Israel. He voiced concerns over rising anti-Semitic hate and described the political climate as confusing and troubling. The piece includes a video of Portnoy discussing these issues and references the broader political context in which these candidates are operating.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Barstool Sports impresario Dave Portnoy went off on a recent wave of Democratic socialist wins in primaries, arguing that people who fled \u201ccountries that are disasters\u201d are responsible, in part, for them.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Adam Carolla\u2019s podcast Tuesday, Portnoy added that anti-Israel sentiment was part of the reason that the candidates won.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to two Democratic Socialist of America-backed candidates supported by socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani winning House primaries in Gotham, 29-year-old barista and \u201crecovering lawyer\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dsa-just-said-loud-strike-constitutional-ban-foreign-presidents-get-mamdani-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melat Kiros<\/a>, also DSA-backed, unseated a Democrat who had been in the U.S. House since the 1990s in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy, when discussing the issue with Carolla, noted that these candidates \u2014 and many of their supporters \u2014 seem to either be immigrants or first-generation Americans intent on bringing the problems of their native lands to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow we\u2019ve gotten to socialism is somehow seen as this thing that\u2019s going to fix the United States,\u201d Portnoy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd by the way, the people who are saying it, have all migrated from countries that are disasters to come to the United States!\u201d he added. \u201cTo get away from their country to fix the United States, the country that everyone wants to migrate to. It\u2019s a very confusing time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the three DSA candidates who won their congressional primaries, only one \u2014 Claire Valdez in New York \u2014 is not an immigrant or first-generation American. Kiros is from Ethiopia and Darializa Avila Chevalier\u2019s parents are from the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>(Valdez does <a href=\"https:\/\/jacobin.com\/2026\/01\/claire-valdez-union-organizing-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">identify<\/a> as \u201ca dual citizen of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Nation and the United States.\u201d The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo is a recognized Native American tribe based around the Texas-Mexico border.)<\/p>\n<p>Portnoy also noted that many of these candidates and their supporters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-just-nyc-anti-christian-ag-socialist-barista-got-fired-lawyer-job-loves-hamas-win-co-dem-primaries-gov-rep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">don\u2019t seem to have jobs<\/a> outside of organizing and running campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what the people organizing these causes do, because they don\u2019t work. They seem to be from rich families,\u201d Portnoy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the people getting these candidates elected, they\u2019re professional agitators-organizers, but they have time on their hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He implied that these candidates were riding a wave of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment on the left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like when people say the word \u2018genocide.\u2019 The Jews want to live in peace, I do believe that. If they weren\u2019t protecting themselves, they\u2019d get wiped out in Israel, and there\u2019s not that many of them,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dave-portnoy-saves-struggling-pizza-shop-government-bureaucrats-last-possible-minute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portnoy<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s crazy times, it\u2019s a complicated thing \u2014 you want peace out there, but how that has become the No. 1 campaign issue basically across the country, that I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that some viewers will find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dave Portnoy on the Rise of Anti-semitism and Why He Might Run for Office\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2sG6YSYQ9P8?start=1360&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe hate I get is crazy,\u201d Portnoy said at the outset. \u201cAnd people are like, \u2018Well, you\u2019re only saying it because I\u2019m Jewish.\u2019 Like, well, that\u2019s a big factor, buddy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, yeah, you\u2019re saying you hate Jews. That\u2019s me, that\u2019s my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given the deep blue districts that they\u2019re running in, these socialist candidates are likely to join the U.S. House come January.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll also likely join a Democratic House caucus which has become increasingly more anti-Israel, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/15\/israel-aid-vote-house-democrats-00999917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 100<\/a> of them \u2014 nearly half \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hakeem-jeffries-lost-dems-party-leader-opposes-blocking-aid-israel-insider-reports-say-massive-revolt-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voting to cut off aid to Israel on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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