Gottheimer: GOP Focusing on DSA ‘Aberrations’, Which Aren’t ‘Real’ Issue, and Lots of Dems Are Calling Out DSA

Josh Gottheimer on DSA on 8/27/2026 "CNN News Central"
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) argued that “Democrats are the only one talking about the real issues” while Republicans are “going to try to distract” by talking about DSA candidates and their views, but “a bunch of us are calling out the same issues that they’re calling out, because I don’t believe they’re part of our values in the Democratic Party.” Co-host Boris Sanchez asked, “Republicans are expected to play up efforts to label Democrats as socialists and Communists. They want to spotlight some of your party’s furthest left candidates. And, as you’ve known, throughout this primary season, we’ve seen an unprecedented number of progressive upsets, including some candidates who’ve advocated for policies that are outside of the mainstream, like abolishing police and prisons. I wonder how you think those attacks will land with voters in battleground states.” Gottheimer answered, “I don’t think they’re going to be very successful. This is a play they always run. They find a few aberrations, and then they just try to make that who every Democrat is. And let’s be clear, the DSA, the socialists are not Democrats. They’re socialists. They should be in their own party. Their

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