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Kamala, Liz Cheney, and the Molotov Cocktail Strategy
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Noel King raises the fact that James Carville has publicly called for a Democratic 'schism' over the DSA, and that some establishment figures want nothing to do with DSA-affiliated candidates [1] — Will Steakin "The Kamala Harris campaign's embrace of Liz Cheney was a turning point for the DSA's base. Politico's Will Steakin reports that DSA-aligned…" 09:07 . Steakin uses this as an entry point to explain why: from the DSA's perspective, they were completely alienated by the Kamala Harris campaign's decision to embrace Liz Cheney in pursuit of a broader coalition. For voters who wanted the Democratic Party to move left on Medicare for All, Israel, and economic justice, watching their candidate court a Republican war hawk was a dealbreaker. The result: a movement that has decided to 'throw a Molotov cocktail' into the party rather than play nice. Steakin flags the Michigan Senate race — Abdul Syed running as a DSA-aligned candidate — as the next major test of whether this insurgent energy can travel beyond New York and Denver.
The Kamala Harris campaign's embrace of Liz Cheney was a turning point for the DSA's base. Politico's Will Steakin reports that DSA-aligned voters felt completely shut out, and the movement's response is to throw a 'Molotov cocktail' into the party and dare establishment Democrats to stop them.
DSA-aligned voters and candidates were deeply turned off by the Kamala Harris 2024 campaign's decision to embrace Liz Cheney in an effort to broaden the coalition.
The DSA is actively surveying hundreds of thousands of members to find a 2028 presidential candidate, with a decision expected in September. The catch: their biggest star, Zohran Mamdani, is constitutionally ineligible because he wasn't born in the US.
