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January 1, Pelosi and Squad Member FREEZE When Asked About Socialist Takeover of Democrat Party

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June 27, 2026

Wyatt Porter

Wyatt’s Take

Pelosi and Omar refused to answer basic questions about three socialist radicals winning New York primaries — they know their party is being hijacked from within
All three winners are openly anti-Israel extremists backed by a New York City socialist mayor who’s flexing serious political muscle
Establishment Democrats are too scared to confront their own party’s lurch toward full-blown socialism — silence speaks volumes

Nancy Pelosi and Ilhan Omar suddenly had nothing to say when reporters asked them about the socialist wave sweeping through their party. Both veteran Democrats went completely silent after three radical candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani crushed moderate Democrats in Tuesday’s primaries.

Mamdani’s political machine delivered big wins for Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander, and Claire Valdez. All three ran on hard-left platforms and demolished their establishment opponents. The victories sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party — and exposed a civil war Democrats desperately want to hide.

When Fox News Digital asked Pelosi for her reaction to the socialist wins, she walked right past without a word. The former House Speaker — who claims to reject socialism — couldn’t muster a single comment about her party’s radical transformation.

Back in 2019, Pelosi told CBS’s 60 Minutes she would “reject socialism as an economic system” and insisted it wasn’t the Democratic Party’s view.

“If people have that view, that’s their view,” Pelosi said in the interview. “That is not the view of the Democratic Party.”

Fast forward to today, and Pelosi won’t even address the question. Her silence is deafening.

Omar, the Squad member who’s been backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, also dodged reporters. She refused to answer whether these three socialist candidates would complicate Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ agenda when they arrive in Congress. No response. No comment. Just walking away.

While the party’s big names stayed silent, Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia rolled out the welcome mat for the incoming radicals.

“I think Democrats in New York elected three new Democrats that will join our caucus, and I’m looking forward for them participating,” Johnson told Fox News Digital.

When asked about the candidates’ extreme anti-Israel positions, Johnson defended them by splitting hairs between opposing Israel’s government versus opposing Israel itself.

“They were not anti-Israel. They were anti-Israeli government,” Johnson said. “The government of Benjamin Netanyahu has done a grave disservice to the nation of Israel and to its people.”

All three primary winners have attacked Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, making hatred of Israel a defining feature of the Democratic Party’s so-called progressive wing.

Lander, who is Jewish, declared in his victory speech:

“You can criticize Israel and not be antisemitic. You can be an anti-Zionist and not be antisemitic.”

Johnson then went after Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, blaming both for the war with Iran.

“The people there will have an opportunity to correct the mistake that they made,” Johnson said. “The same way that the people of America have the opportunity to correct this mistake that we made in electing Donald Trump, who unfortunately got manipulated into war by Benjamin Netanyahu.”

He continued, “People don’t like this war, and they don’t like Israeli government policy that put us into this war.”

The contrast couldn’t be clearer. Moderate Democrats like Pelosi won’t condemn the socialist takeover of their party. Squad members like Omar won’t explain how they’ll work with these even-more-radical newcomers. And rank-and-file Democrats like Johnson are actively celebrating the hard-left insurgency.

Meanwhile, working Americans are watching the Democrat Party sprint toward policies that have destroyed economies everywhere they’ve been tried. Higher taxes, government control of healthcare, attacks on American energy, and now open hostility toward our closest ally in the Middle East.

Wyatt Matters

When Pelosi and Omar won’t even answer questions about socialism taking over their party, you know they’ve lost control. These aren’t fringe candidates anymore — they’re winning primaries and heading to Congress with a radical agenda. The Democrat establishment is too weak or too afraid to fight back, so they’re staying silent while their party gets dragged further left. Middle America sees it clearly: the Democrat Party isn’t the party of working people anymore. It’s the party of socialist ideologues who put radical theory ahead of common sense and American values.