Pat Gray exposes the truth about the new wave of radical democratic socialist candidates
As a growing number of democratic socialists win elections and progressive policies gain traction nationwide, BlazeTV host Pat Gray is incredibly concerned about the left’s plans for America’s future.
“They are doing their damnedest to ruin this country — just bring it completely down, because ... it can’t be brought down from without. So they’re hell-bent on doing it from within,” he says.
Executive producer Keith Malinak agrees, pointing out that the new Equality Act the left is pushing is essentially the same thing as the Civil Rights Act.
“It will take the Civil Rights Act and say, ‘Hey, guess what, trans people get all those rights, too. And you have no choice,’” Malinak explains.
“They’ve got their own problems in the party because they’re being taken over by communists and they don’t even care,” Gray chimes in.
“In fact, some of them are in love with it,” he says, explaining that radical democratic socialists have been winning elections across the country.
“We had a 29-year-old Ethiopian-born socialist in Colorado who just defeated a 30-year congresswoman. She’s been elected 15 times, and now a 29-year-old Ethiopian who’s a socialist just beat her,” he explains, pointing out that this particular congresswoman, Melat Kiros, has claimed America deserved 9/11.
Kiros also “wants all illegals who are here to just be granted immunity and amnesty and citizenship.”
“And she wants to abolish ICE. And she was elected,” Gray says.
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ANOTHER democratic socialist likely headed to Congress — says 9/11 was ‘inevitable’
In what seems like a never-ending trend of communists winning their primaries this election cycle, Colorado democratic socialist Melat Kiros is likely headed to Congress.
And Kiros’ recent comments about the tragic events of September 11 have Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck alarmed.
Kiros was asked in an interview with Colorado’s Next 9News about comments she had made regarding the Hamas terror attack on October 7 while appearing on Twitch streamer Hasan Piker’s show.
Kiros doubled down that it was “an inevitable consequence of apartheid, of occupation, decades of occupation.”
The reporter followed up that answer with a question about the most deadly attack on American soil.
“Do you believe that the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America were the inevitable consequence of American foreign policy?” the reporter asked.
“Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East. That forced people to believe that another act of violence was the only response. And again, just like I said before, our responsibility is to getting rid of those conditions that lead to violence,” Kiros replied.
“It’s the typical, you know, blame the rape victim that you get attacked from whatever we did,” Jason Buttrill tells Glenn.
“I don’t agree with blaming the victim or anything when it comes to anything like this,” he adds.
“Name the country that hasn’t made these kinds of mistakes,” Glenn agrees.
“We do nothing to deserve that kind of stuff ... the American people are those people that we think of as red, white, and blue and just want to do the right thing and help each other and help other countries,” he says.
“That’s what’s really in our heart. But that’s not what our government’s been doing,” he adds.
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Democrat who wants to 'seize the means of production' won't deny she's a commie
Establishment liberals are fighting a rearguard action against radical socialists inside the Democratic Party.
They lost more ground on Tuesday when a troop of democratic socialist candidates endorsed by fellow traveler New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani knocked off a pair of incumbents in New York's Democratic primary elections — Rep. Daniel Goldman and five-term Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
'Seize the means of production.'
As more comes out about the character of the victorious socialists for whom Mamdani held the door open, it seems that the ascendant radicals may be more radical than even the mayor.
In a softball interview Wednesday on MS NOW, talking head Ali Velshi pressed Darializa Avila Chevalier — the Muslim convert who beat Espaillat 49.4% to 45.9% and previously helped lead the destructive 2023-2024 Columbia University encampment — about President Donald Trump's characterization of her and other candidates in Tuesday's primary races as "communists."
"Donald Trump talked about communists being elected last night. There were three of you in the congressional races, and there were five people who Zohran Mamdani supported in state races. All eight of you won," said Velshi. "How do avoid becoming the ad for Republicans?"
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"You will be a member of the Democrat delegation, and you're going appear in all sorts of people's ads," continued Velshi. "All sorts of Republicans' ads [will] say, 'This is what you're going to get if you vote for the Democrats — a communist.'"
Avila Chevalier — the co-founder of a group that posted "death to America" on social media earlier this year and called for the "total eradication of Western civilization" — did not bother challenging her characterization as a communist but instead expressed pride in dodging the question and tossed Velshi a word salad.
"That framing is one that I've been very proud to be able to say I don't respond to, one in which I have been very intentional to say I won't be reactive," said the radical who identifies as an "Afro-Latina" Dominican daughter of immigrants. "We are presenting a vision of what we're fighting for, and I think for far too long we have had politics that is reactive to what Republicans are doing. What we need is Democrats who are actually going to present a positive vision."
Despite talking around whether she is a communist, Avila Chevalier told Velshi, "I will always be honest about my position on things."
Before she apparently deleted her X account, thousands of Avila Chevalier's posts were archived. If as honest in recent years about her views as she purportedly is now, then it appears Trump's "communist" characterization is more than fair.
In addition to sharing a post that called for the state takeover of parts of the economy; the nationalization of utilities, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies; the suspension of rent payments; and the seizure of "all properties from landlords," CNN reported that Avila Chevalier tweeted or retweeted the following messages:
- "A world without borders — just like a world without prisons or police — is possible, necessary, and the only moral way forward";
- "Seize the means of production";
- "Yes, literally, abolish the border";
- "Israel doesn't exist!"
- "No more police at all ever";
- "In New York they don't say 'I love you,' they say 'NYPD suck my d**k' and I think that's beautiful";
- "All deportation is wrong";
- "ALL PIGS EVERYWHERE ARE HARAM"; and
- "Most of the theory I've read is communism but the pyromania associated with anarchism is very intriguing to me."
Earlier this month, Avila Chevalier said in a statement to CNN, "I have grown considerably since in the years since these tweets, and I am focused on our community and our community’s future."
Some of the tweets were as recent as 2022.
In her victory speech on Tuesday night, Chevalier — who, according to the Guardian, was recruited to run for Congress by Justice Democrats, the same outfit that backed democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — said that her primary success signaled "a new dawn" for the district.
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!The People’s Republic of NY-13: Election results breakdown
In a congressional district that encompasses upper Manhattan and a portion of the Bronx, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist, has emerged victorious in the contentious Democratic primary against five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
With 88% of the votes counted, the New York Times has called the race in Avila Chevalier’s favor. She currently leads Espaillat 49.4% to 45.9%.
'Zohran endorsed her, so I voted for her.'
"I am so thrilled to have the support of my community, and I am so proud that they have put their trust in me to send me to Congress on their behalf," Avila Chevalier told Norwood News.
But let’s break down the results further.
The 13th Congressional District of New York contains a population of roughly 750,000 people in an area of 11 square miles, which equates to about 68,000 people per square mile. In the recent election, the Manhattan portion of the district accounted for a significantly larger share of the vote than the Bronx portion.
The median age in the district is 39 years old, with 50% of the residents identifying as Hispanic, 24% as black, and 17% as white.
The district is also one of the poorest congressional districts in the country, with a quarter of its residents living below the poverty line and a median household income of just above $52,400.
According to the Times, Espaillat outperformed Avila Chevalier by a sizeable margin of 28 points in the Bronx, while in Manhattan, Avila Chevalier led by a margin of eight points.
Espaillat was able to secure the black (+2.2) and Hispanic (+15.3) vote, as well as the vote of lower-income areas (+10.2). Avila Chevalier, on the other hand, dominated among younger voters (+24.5) and majority college-educated areas (+19.2), reflecting a broader trend of democratic socialists such as NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani performing well among these groups.
Avila Chevalier also led by 5.1 points in higher-income areas, the Times reported.
“I’m an immigrant myself, and she has strong positions on immigration. It’s the first time I felt like I had a real choice with the Democratic primary. Zohran endorsed her, so I voted for her,” Juan Alvarez told the New York Post after casting his vote.
The politics of NY-13 have been consistently Democratic for decades, with voters backing Democrat candidates on the national, state, and local levels.
In last year’s New York City mayoral race, Mamdani performed strongly across the district. Both Espaillat and Avila Chevalier endorsed Mamdani for mayor, yet Mamdani later threw his support behind Avila Chevalier in the primary contest.
In her victory speech, Avila Chevalier declared to her crowd of supporters that "the politics of the past ends today."
"The era of taking a check and cashing a check and calling it representation is over."
"To every little black and brown girl, mujer dominicana, my Muslim sisters, and every working-class person here — our time has come.”
Avila Chevalier will face off against Republican nominee Manual Williams in the November general election, where she is expected to win comfortably.
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'Weak and pathetic': Mamdani-backed radicals sweep Democratic establishment in New York's electoral bloodbath
The Democratic Party is undergoing a hostile takeover by democratic socialists — as evidenced in New York's primaries on Tuesday where Democrat establishment-types suffered humiliating defeats at the hands of radicals cut from the same cloth as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
With over 90% of the votes in on Wednesday morning, incumbent Rep. Daniel Goldman trailed former NYC Comptroller Brad Lander 65.8% to 34% — a whopping 31.8 percentage points.
'We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization.'
Lander was endorsed by Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and the Working Families Party, and ran largely to the left of Goldman, heir to the Levi Strauss fortune.
Goldman — who was endorsed by AIPAC, Gov. Kathy Hochul, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — did his apparent best to join his opponent, who is also Jewish, in criticizing Israel and virtue-signaling to radical would-be voters, but his best was nowhere near good enough.
After getting steamrolled at the ballot box, Goldman told supporters, "The voters of New York’s 10th Congressional District have spoken, and while this is certainly not the outcome I hoped for and worked so hard for, I respect their decision."
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President Donald Trump weighed in on Truth Social, writing, "Weak and pathetic Congressman Dan Goldman just lost, BIG! I guess people didn’t like him illegally targeting President TRUMP. In any event, this jerk is finally GONE!"
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, the five-term Democrat who leads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, also lost to a Mamdani-backed radical, democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier.
Chevalier is a black identitarian who co-founded Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a radical coalition that posted "death to America" on social media earlier this year; stated, "We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization"; and asked for "community and instruction from militants in the Global South, who have been on the frontlines in the fight against tyranny and domination which undergird the imperialist world order."
'NEVER be a communist Country!'
In addition to her involvement with the international intifada, Chevalier helped advance the Columbia rape hoax and made headlines for advocating against all deportations, claiming, "Israel doesn't exist," and demanding a "world without prisons or police." She was backed by Mamdani, the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, and Justice Democrats PAC.
With 88% of the votes in, Chevalier leads Espaillat — who enjoyed endorsements from Hochul, Jeffries, and New York Attorney General Letitia James — 49.4% to 45.9%.
Espaillat endorsed Mamdani for mayor last year.
Claire Valdez, a Mamdani-backed democratic socialist member of the New York State Assembly, won her primary race for Democratic incumbent Rep. Nydia Velazquez's seat, beating the Democratic establishment's apparent preference and Velazquez's desired successor, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.
Valdez campaigned on abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "demilitar[izing] the border," making it easier for illegal aliens to gain lawful permanent residence, defunding Israel, and super-charging the "Green New Deal." Like the other radicals, she also enjoyed support from Sanders, Justice Democrats PAC, and the DSA.
Following the Mamdani-backed candidates' clean sweep, Trump wrote, "America the Beautiful will NEVER be a communist Country!"
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Spencer Pratt’s near-perfect campaign in LA mayoral race is still doomed to fail … unless this one thing saves him
According to many critics, former reality TV star and registered Republican Spencer Pratt spanked incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and democratic socialist City Councilmember Nithya Raman in the Los Angeles mayoral debate on Wednesday night, with Fox News rating Pratt’s performance a “10/10 no notes.”
But even though Pratt delivered crisp answers, brought charismatic energy, exceeded expectations as a first-time debate performer, and has even outraised both Bass and Raman, Christopher Rufo and Jonathan Keeperman, BlazeTV hosts of “Rufo and Lomez,” aren’t sure it’s enough to bring him to victory.
But there is one faint hope that could push him over the edge.
“A reality television career, a media savvy campaign, an outsider political movement — can you actually bridge that gap and become ... the mayor of Los Angeles?” Rufo asks skeptically.
He admits that the alternatives are bleak: “You have Karen Bass, the sitting mayor of L.A., who was a member of the Venceremos Brigade communist Cuban front group. ... And then the third character is Nithya Raman ... a hard-left democratic socialist in the vein of a Mamdani or a Saikat Chakrabarti, who ran the AOC campaign early on.”
Bass and Raman, Rufo explains, “are fighting over the actual power system in L.A. — who gets the union money, who gets the activist money, who gets the nonprofit money, who gets the public money, meaning who can dominate those institutions and ride them to power.”
Pratt’s “media-centric” campaign, albeit “savvy” and compelling, may not be enough to “overcome those institutions,” he says.
Co-host Jonathan Keeperman agrees: “It’s not even whether or not he runs a good campaign or whether this media strategy is effective or not. ... It’s just a numbers game.”
He explains that the reality is that most of the people who will show up to vote in L.A.’s mayoral election are people who are “dependent on the state and city governance in some capacity for their livelihood.”
“They are working for the state probably and/or working for some kind of NGO that is itself working for the state, and so most of the voters here — and it's largely going to be driven by union turnout — are dependent on precisely the institutions that someone like Karen Bass is promising to sort of keep intact and keep funding,” Keeperman predicts.
Pratt’s “only hope,” he says, is that enough “sideline” voters recognize that the horrific wildfires that destroyed thousands of acres and killed 31 people in January 2025 were due to “the failure of democratic governance.”
“I don’t mean to be a doomer here or sound too pessimistic, but no matter what Pratt does in terms of raising his profile at the national level and getting on social media ... you’re just talking about a very narrow set of voters in the city of L.A., and they’re dependent on the city of L.A. government structure for their livelihood,” he says.
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Mamdani claims NYC is broke as his office reportedly plans to blow $10 million to hire woke activists
New York City's democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is reportedly preparing to hire a slew of additional staffers who could cost taxpayers $10 million, after previously claiming the city was facing a critical budget deficit.
The New York Post reported Wednesday that Mamdani plans to hire at least 79 more workers to support his "pet projects."
'Taxpayers who are already struggling should not be bankrolling useless woke jobs for socialists who can't get real jobs in the real world.'
One of those positions includes a senior adviser for enforcement in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice. This individual would be responsible for "establishing policy vision and direction related to Enforcement" and is expected to "manage and coordinate across the assigned agencies, offices, and boards." The job posting describes the department as advancing "policies that promote a more equitable and vibrant New York City." The candidate could earn up to $200,000 annually.
Mamdani is also seeking to hire two temporary World Cup managers to help "lead the planning and delivery of inclusive, community-based public programming." The salaries listed for both positions, a director of NYC World Cup Activations and a project manager for NYC World Cup programming, are over $100,000.
Additionally, the mayor's office is seeking an adviser for legislative advocacy, with a salary of up to $155,000.
Mamdani has pledged to work toward rolling out so-called free universal child care to New York City parents. The city is currently hiring a senior project manager who could earn up to $150,000 a year to lead that initiative.
A senior adviser for fast and free buses, who could earn $180,000 a year, will have "latitude to exercise a wide degree of authority" for the "coordination, implementation, and successful completion of any projects related to the Fast and Free Buses."
Last month, the Post reported that Mamdani's Office of Mass Engagement was seeking to fill over a dozen positions the news outlet described as "catered to activists." Those positions would reportedly cost taxpayers approximately $2 million.
The Post estimated that if Mamdani's office filled all positions, the city's payroll would increase by 20% compared to the former Mayor Eric Adams' administration.
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"At best, he's hypocritically spending money we don't have on his supporters," a Democratic operative told the Post. "At worst, he is breaking the law by using taxpayer dollars for political benefit."
"City Hall now needs to be super clear about why these hires are needed and how they're chosen," the individual added.
A second Democratic insider told the Post, "Someone should remind the mayor that the city's budget is not like his daddy's credit card."
"Taxpayers who are already struggling should not be bankrolling useless woke jobs for socialists who can't get real jobs in the real world," the second operative said.
Mamdani previously claimed the city faced a $12 billion budget deficit after Adams left office. He has since stated that the deficit has been reduced to $5.4 billion. Adams has denied Mamdani's claims, insisting that he left over $8 billion in reserves.
Mamdani's office did not respond to a request for comment.
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