The question was simple. The answer was damning. A couple of moderate Democrats circulated a statement to all 212 Democratic members of the House of Representatives that read, in part: “We are capitalist, not socialist.” Two hundred and two of them refused to sign it. Only 10 did. Ten. Out of two hundred and twelve.
This is not a poll. This is not a focus group result that Democrats can dismiss as biased sampling or questionable methodology. These are elected members of the United States House of Representatives being given a piece of paper with five words on it and asked to put their name on it. And 95% of them couldn’t bring themselves to do it. The Democrats truly have become Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s party, not Hakeem Jeffries’ or Chuck Schumer’s party.
