{"id":13003,"date":"2026-08-01T07:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=13003"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:49:36","slug":"dsa-co-chair-doubles-down-senate-has-no-real-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/dsa-co-chair-doubles-down-senate-has-no-real-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"DSA Co-Chair Doubles Down: Senate Has &#8216;No Real Purpose&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America has reaffirmed her stance that the United States Senate serves no legitimate function, digging in after her remarks during a Fox News appearance sparked condemnation from figures across the political spectrum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2083271132632007091\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/2083271132632007091\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Megan Romer<\/strong> used a subsequent podcast interview to defend her organization&#8217;s platform and attack the upper chamber of Congress as an outdated roadblock designed to thwart the will of ordinary Americans, according to <em>Breitbart News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Romer appeared on the Bad Faith podcast with host <strong>Briahna Joy Gray<\/strong>, who previously worked as national press secretary for Senator Bernie Sanders. The podcast discussion followed her controversial July 26 appearance on Fox News Sunday, where she laid out the DSA&#8217;s sweeping agenda to fundamentally reshape American government.<\/p>\n<p>During the podcast exchange, Gray questioned why anyone would mount a defense of the Senate, likening public attachment to the institution to treating it as an emotional support animal. Romer enthusiastically agreed and invoked the Founding Fathers to support her position.<\/p>\n<p>The DSA leader argued that James Madison&#8217;s Federalist 10 amounted to a sales pitch aimed at anti-democratic forces. <em>Breitbart News<\/em> reports that Romer characterized Madison&#8217;s arguments as reassurances that the constitutional system would empower wealthy landowners to obstruct popular will through institutional checks.<\/p>\n<p>Romer went on to describe the Senate as a dysfunctional body that exists solely to entrench harmful policies and prevent progress. She characterized it as <em>a sclerotic institution that just says no to everything<\/em> and declared the DSA would not retreat from its abolitionist position.<\/p>\n<p>Her original Fox News Sunday interview with host <strong>Shannon Bream<\/strong> covered the full scope of the Democratic Socialists&#8217; platform. When presented with a series of policy positions, Romer confirmed the group supports abolishing the Senate, fundamentally replacing both the presidency and Supreme Court, eliminating Immigration and Customs Enforcement, slashing Pentagon funding, and transferring most major corporations to public ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Romer also acknowledged support for eliminating national borders coupled with amnesty for those currently in the country illegally, as well as prison abolition, though she framed these objectives as long-term goals.<\/p>\n<p>She told Bream the Senate represents an archaic holdover modeled on the British House of Lords, and that her organization advocates replacing the bicameral legislature with a single chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks generated swift backlash from Republican leadership. House Speaker <strong>Mike Johnson<\/strong> warned on social media that barbarians had breached the gates and accused Democrats of welcoming them in.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats also moved to create distance. Party strategist <strong>Sabrina Singh<\/strong> labeled the platform a serious liability. <strong>Annie Andrews<\/strong>, a Democrat seeking a Senate seat in South Carolina, dismissed the proposals as unhinged.<\/p>\n<p>Despite establishment resistance, DSA-endorsed candidates continue to notch primary victories in major cities including New York, Philadelphia, and Denver. The momentum has grown alongside the rising profile of Mayor <strong>Zohran Mamdani<\/strong>, a prominent figure within the socialist movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer defended her call to abolish the Senate in a podcast, arguing the institution empowers wealthy interests to obstruct popular will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":13002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[659,10642,8796,7945,10643],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-13003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-democratic-socialists-of-america","tag-megan-romer","tag-socialist-movement","tag-united-states-senate","tag-us-politics","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13014,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13003\/revisions\/13014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13003"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=13003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}