In about an hour we’re probably going to see some far leftists win Congressional primaries in New York. Daria Avila Chevalier (NY-13) was protesting Israel on October 8th, 2023, she thinks America bullied Russia into invading Ukraine, she doesn’t believe *anyone* should be deported (even violent criminals), she’s for ending police and abolishing the border, she called Joe Biden a war criminal, she called white women “ugly,” and called the United States a disgrace that is worse than Hamas. Nearby in NY-7 is her friend Claire Valdez, who is partially running on her opposition to Israel coming before her opponent, as well as her support for unifying Ireland (no one is fighting for this in 2026). Then there’s Brad Lander, challenging Daniel Goldman on the all important Gaza issue in NY-10, and he admits that all the antisemitism makes him feel “queasy,” as he does it. Virtually everyone is a lunatic in NY-12, so I’ll just leave that alone, no sense attacking the whole field when only one nut can win, right?

These people are a bunch of sick nuts. We had a woman who wanted to put “Zionists” in concentration camps get 40% in a primary this year, so I don’t think we can put anything as “out of play” at this point. Here in PA-7 we nominated a grifter who stiffed his mother-in-law, so even normal places are nominating nuts. How did the Democratic Party go this far? We were normal like five minutes ago? One way to understand it is that a good chunk of Hillary’s 2016 primary voters are either independents now or dead, and Bernie’s 2016 voters are mostly still around. Another way to view it is that the party is hollowing out and only 27% of Americans identify as Democrats, so the nuts are what’s left. While I think the Hillary Clinton campaign playbook largely doesn’t work in America, nominating people who howl at the moon is probably not a path forward. Just ask Corbyn’s Labor Party.

I think it’s worth noting though, these embarrassing freaks are only winning certain kinds of races- very blue district, legislative races that usually have more than two candidates. The third of Democrats who don’t think Fidel Castro was that bad can win three and four way primaries in places where the Republicans aren’t a threat. Relatively normal, moderate Dems will be tasked with taking back the Senate in Alaska, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, and North Carolina, while a Nazi will try in Maine.These nutbags seem to do well in super urban and rural areas and nowhere else. Basically in places where you don’t have to acknowledge Republicans or even moderate Democrats exist if you don’t want.

Congrats New York. You’re weird.