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The Democratic Party Will Be a Radical Party

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Then–candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) react on stage during a “New York is Not For Sale” rally at Forest Hills Stadium in New York City, October 26, 2025.

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Somehow, Texas Democrats seem to have missed the much-chronicled “vibe shift” that corrected for the excesses associated with left-wing social politics. Lone Star State Democrats have spent the last week competing with one another to out-“woke” the other — not in service to some grand political project but only to silence their critics.

“I think there needs to be an apology,” said onetime Texas Senate candidate Colin Allred, who dropped out of the race in December, of his onetime challenger for the Texas seat, James Talarico. Whether Talarico knows it or not, his remarks “came across in a way that was offensive to that young woman and to many others,” Allred continued.

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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