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DSA-linked candidates have ousted incumbent House progressives in primary elections in New York and Colorado, and the fallout is pulling one of the most exposed swing-seat Democrats into direct confrontation with his party's left flank.
Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., is urging fellow Democrats to engage the Democratic Socialists of America head-on rather than treat the group's primary wins as a niche problem confined to reliably blue districts.
His November race against Trump-endorsed Republican Mike LiPetri, in a Long Island district the president carried in 2024, makes the argument concrete.
The DSA comparison Suozzi drew a direct structural comparison between the DSA and the House Freedom Caucus, the rightmost bloc of House Republicans.
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