本次扩张旨在壮大乡村及南部分会，随着社会主义候选人在初选中击败民主党建制派人士
2026年8月19日 美国东部时间下午2:02 / 福克斯新闻
作者：阿什利·J·迪梅拉 福克斯新闻
前密苏里州国会候选人哈特泽尔·格雷解释了为何他认为自己的社会主义纲领代表着民主党未来，而得到民主社会主义者协会支持的候选人正接连拿下席位。
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美国民主社会主义者协会（DSA）正在扩大其在民主党内部的影响力，得到社会主义阵营支持的候选人接连在初选中获胜，民主党建制派人士也日益倒向支持他们。
这一态势如今蔓延至佐治亚州：参议员乔·奥索夫在密歇根州民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德赢得初选后公开背书，尽管共和党正试图将埃尔赛义德的社会主义支持背景及政治关联作为奥索夫本人竞选的攻击点。
这些胜选给民主党带来了新的政治风险，随着民主党领导人日益团结支持左翼支持的候选人，共和党正试图将他们与社会主义运动的政策及盟友绑定。
“初选已经过去，这位候选人得到了我的支持。”埃尔赛义德在密歇根民主党初选中胜出后，奥索夫如是说道。
拜登阵营前官员就阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德“跨界”发出严厉警告
佐治亚州民主党参议员乔·奥索夫（D-Ga.）2026年5月23日周六在佐治亚州迪凯特市为佐治亚州民主党南迪卡尔布竞选办公室揭幕及拉票启动活动中对媒体发言。外界普遍认为，如果民主党想要在11月夺回参议院多数席位，佐治亚州的参议院竞选是必赢之战。（伊莱贾·努维拉格/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
亚特兰大民主社会主义者协会分会也于8月开设了首个独立办公室，为该组织在佐治亚州提供了永久的组织基地。
奥索夫并非个例。曾在密歇根初选期间警告民主党人拥抱社会主义是“忽视了关键利害”的众议员黑利·史蒂文斯，在以微弱劣势输给埃尔赛义德后，也转而支持他。
“这就是民主，”史蒂文斯谈及支持埃尔赛义德时说道，“你加入民主党不是为了怨天尤人……或是一直怀恨在心。”
初选后党内的团结给了共和党可乘之机，他们可以辩称那些曾与社会主义划清界限的民主党人如今正支持社会主义背景的候选人。
“乔·奥索夫的宏大计划是放弃佐治亚州去竞选总统，但他若得不到党内掌控大局的共产主义派别的支持，根本无法实现。为了获得这些‘共产主义者’的认可，奥索夫深知必须在密歇根州 endorse 伊斯兰马克思主义者阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德，”佐治亚州共和党参议院候选人迈克·柯林斯的竞选顾问蒂姆·默塔夫告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“但他也必然要为此承担一切后果，包括那些危险的反美、种族主义、反犹和亲马克思主义的糟粕。奥索夫拥抱党内最激进的势力，无异于接纳了本不应被接纳的东西。”默塔夫补充道。
社会主义者对此次选举结果的看法则截然不同。民主社会主义者协会成员、前国会候选人哈特泽尔·格雷将近期的初选胜利称为该运动的“记分牌”。
“我们带来的是一场运动，我们势不可挡，”格雷告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“无论某个人或某个个性会被当作攻击目标，还有千千万万的人正在夺回我们的权力。”
社会主义主播哈桑·皮克尔与埃尔赛义德的持续关联遭到了共和党及其他批评者的抨击，尤其是在皮克尔因其过往煽动性言论再次受到审查之际。
皮克尔曾因发表“美国活该遭遇9·11袭击”的言论以及另一则被重新翻出的“让街道浸透‘赤色资本主义者的鲜血’”的言论而遭到广泛批评。
密歇根州民主党众议员黑利·史蒂文斯在初选中惜败后转而支持埃尔赛义德，称社会主义“危险”
众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹（左）、密歇根州参议院候选人阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·埃尔赛义德（中）、参议员伯纳德·桑德斯（右）（安德鲁·罗斯/路透社）
初选前几周，埃尔赛义德在接受美国全国广播公司《与媒体见面》节目采访时被问及皮克尔的言论。
“那是个愚蠢的言论，”埃尔赛义德说道，同时明确表示他不认为美国活该遭遇9·11恐怖袭击，但拒绝接受应因该言论将皮克尔弃之不顾的观点。
皮克尔曾背书并支持参议员伯尼·桑德斯2020年的总统竞选，此后二人也曾共同出席活动。桑德斯此前被问及皮克尔的9·11言论时，同样称其“愚蠢”。
格雷同样反对因皮克尔的言论就将其贴上政治上不可触碰标签的观点。
哈桑·皮克尔被指试图掩盖过往争议：“疯疯癫癫”
民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德8月7日在密歇根州底特律文艺复兴高中举行的团结集会上发言。（《华盛顿邮报》 via 盖蒂图片社）
“实话跟你说，如果有机会再上他的播客，我会去一次又一次，”格雷在谈及参加皮克尔播客时告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“我会做每周特邀嘉宾，还会创作自己的主题曲。”
格雷认为，随着社会主义候选人在全美范围内挑战民主党建制派人物，皮克尔正在帮助“重拾美国的承诺”。
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格雷称“亿万富翁本不该存在”，并辩称资本主义本身并不会创造财富——创造财富的是劳动人民。
“一路走来遭到剥削的劳动人民，才让我们的同胞取得了成功，无论那意味着什么，”格雷说道。
这场社会主义运动周二又取得了另一项重大胜利：民主社会主义者协会成员安吉·尼克松在佛罗里达州民主党参议院初选中击败亚历克斯·温德曼，成为该党提名的候选人，将在11月对阵共和党现任参议员阿什利·穆迪。
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DSA’s growing grip on Dem Party hits new territory as establishment falls in line
The expansion aims to boost rural and southern chapters as socialist candidates defeat establishment Democrats in primaries
August 19, 2026 2:02pm EDT / Fox News
By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News
Former Missouri congressional candidate Hartzell Gray explains why he believes his socialist platform represents the future of the Democratic Party as DSA-backed candidates pick up seats.
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The Democratic Socialists of America is expanding its influence inside the Democratic Party, as socialist-backed candidates rack up primary wins and establishment Democrats increasingly fall in line behind them.
That dynamic is now reaching Georgia, where Sen. Jon Ossoff backed Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed after his primary victory, even as Republicans seek to make El-Sayed’s socialist support and political associations an issue in Ossoff’s own race.
The victories are creating a new political vulnerability for Democrats, as party leaders increasingly close ranks behind candidates backed by the left while Republicans try to tie them to the socialist movement’s policies and allies.
“The primary is in the past and the nominee has my support,” Ossoff said after El-Sayed emerged victorious from Michigan’s Democratic primary.
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, a D-Ga., speaks to members of the media during the opening of the Democratic Party of Georgia’s South DeKalb Field Office and canvass kick off in Decatur, Georgia on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Georgia’s Senate race is seen as a must win for Democrats if they are to have any path toward retaking the Senate in November.(Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Atlanta DSA chapter also opened its first independent office in August, giving the organization a permanent organizing base in Georgia.
Ossoff is not alone. Rep. Haley Stevens, who warned during the Michigan primary that Democrats embracing socialism were “missing” what was at stake, rallied behind El-Sayed after narrowly losing to him.
“That’s called democracy,” Stevens said of backing El-Sayed. “You don’t sign up for a Democratic Party to be salty grapes and… just continue to hold a grudge.”
The post-primary unity gives Republicans a chance to argue that Democrats who once distanced themselves from socialism are now supporting socialist-backed candidates.
“Jon Ossoff’s big plan is to abandon Georgia to run for president, but he can’t do that without the support of the communist wing of his party, which calls all the shots. To seek the blessing of the communists, Ossoff knew he had to endorse the Islamo-Marxist Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan,” Georgia GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins’ campaign adviser Tim Murtaugh told Fox News Digital.
“But he must also know that he gets everything that comes along with that, including the dangerous anti-American, racist, anti-Jew, pro-Marxist junk. By wrapping his arms around the most radical elements of his party, Jon Ossoff has embraced the unembraceable,” Murtaugh added.
Socialists see the same election results very differently. Hartzell Gray, a DSA member and former congressional candidate, called recent primary victories the movement’s “scoreboard.”
“We come with a movement. We cannot be stopped,” Gray told Fox News Digital. “And no matter what one person or one personality that’s gonna be targeted, there’s a whole lot of personalities that are reclaiming our power.”
Socialist streamer Hasan Piker’s continued association with El-Sayed has come under fire from Republicans and other critics, particularly as Piker faces renewed scrutiny over inflammatory remarks from his past.
Piker has faced widespread criticism for saying that “America deserved 9/11” and, in another resurfaced remark, calling to let the streets soak in “red capitalist blood.”
MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT HALEY STEVENS BACKS EL-SAYED AFTER NARROW PRIMARY DEFEAT, CALLS SOCIALISM ‘DANGEROUS’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, left; Michigan Senate candidate Abdulrahman El-Sayed, center, Sen. Bernard Sanders, right.(Andrew Roth/Reuters)
Weeks before the primary, El-Sayed was pressed on Piker’s remark during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“It was a dumb statement,” El-Sayed said, while making clear that he did not believe America deserved the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but rejected the idea that Piker should be cast aside over it.
Piker endorsed and supported Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, and the two have since appeared together at events. Sanders, when previously asked about Piker’s 9/11 remark, similarly called it “a dumb statement.”
Gray also rejected the idea that Piker’s rhetoric should make him politically untouchable.
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Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a unity rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Mich., on Aug. 7.(The Washington Post via Getty Im)
“I’ll tell you right now, if given the chance to go back on, I go on again and again,” Gray told Fox News Digital of appearing on Piker’s podcast. “I’d be a weekly correspondent. I’ll make my own theme song.”
Gray argued that Piker is helping to “reclaim the American promise” as socialist candidates challenge Democratic establishment figures around the country.
PROGRESSIVES WANT TO TAX BILLIONAIRES FIRST, AND YOU’RE NEXT ON THE LIST
New York City Democratic Socialists hold a rally in Union Square on Nov. 16, 2025, to mark the start of a campaign to tax the rich and win universal childcare.(Selcuk Acar/Anadolu)
Gray said “billionaires should not exist,” arguing that capitalism itself does not create wealth — working people do.
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“It is working people who have been exploited along the way that have made our folks successful and whatever that is that that means,” Gray said.
The socialist movement notched another major victory Tuesday, when DSA member Angie Nixon upset Alex Vindman in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary, becoming the party’s nominee to face Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in November.
Fox News Digital reached out to Sanders, Piker and the DSA for comment.
Ashley J. DiMella reports on politics for Fox News Digital.
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