DSA leader admits group wants to abolish prisons, borders and lots more in kooky TV true-or-false

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A top Democratic Socialists of America leader admitted the left-leaning group wants to abolish prisons, borders, the Senate and lots more during a bizarre but candid television interview.

DSA national co-chair Megan Romer laid out the radical wish-list Sunday during a round of “true or false” questions on Fox News.

“Just give me a true-or-false on these. Abolish the Senate,” Fox host Shannon Bream asked, to which the party leader answered: “True.”Democratic Socialists of America National Co-Chair Megan Romer speaking to Fox News. FOX NewsNew York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters after an event. Stephen Yang for NY Post

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The DSA’s most high-profile comrade, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has pushed plans for the Big Apple includes city-owned grocery stores, more stabilized housing, and higher taxes for wealthy New Yorkers. Still, he has sought to distance himself from some of the group’s more radical goals, stating last year that, “My platform is not the same as national DSA.”Homeland Security agents arrest a suspected illegal immigrant. Mamdani has condemned ICE crackdowns, but his party wants to abolish the agency altogether. Christopher OquendoMegan Romer speaks to Fox News’s Shannon Bream. FOX NewsZohran Mamdani has distanced himself from the DCA’s extreme rhetoric but remains a member. Robert Miller for NY Post

But he also said he was still a card-carrying socialist after he broke from the far-left group over his endorsements in several Democratic Party primaries for congressional seats.

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The move to tear up the US Constitution to emulate a European style parliamentary system where the US House of Representatives would appoint a prime minister-like leader and also choose members of the Supreme Court.

The declaration, which also called for ranked-choice voting in all elections, concluded that Congress is more democratic than the Senate because the upper chamber has two senators for each state regardless of population.

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