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Don't Ignore These Warnings (Ep. 2545)

Explore episode Jul 1, 2026

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Zelat Rose: A DSA Candidate Says America Deserved 9/11

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Farash's closing argument is built around Zelat Rose, a 29-year-old Ethiopian-American DSA candidate who just defeated a 15-term Democratic incumbent in Colorado's 1st Congressional District. A video clip shows her being asked whether 9/11 was the 'inevitable consequence of American foreign policy.' Her answer: 'Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East.' Farash is furious. He points out that the people behind 9/11 refer to the U.S. as the 'Great Satan' because it is a Judeo-Christian nation — this isn't about foreign policy, it's about ideology. He invokes the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaching this year and expresses horror at what that commemoration will look like under Mayor Zoran of New York City. He extends the argument to the broader coalition: he asks why people who claim to support gay rights, women's rights, and Palestinian liberation think radical Islamism will spare them. Nobody gets a pass. He closes by restating the episode's central thesis: this is not a policy disagreement anymore. One of America's two major parties has been taken over by anti-American radicals who are not hiding it, and the only acceptable response is full engagement — 10, 10, and 10, face to face, door to door, phone to phone — until the republic is secured.

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