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A Heritage Foundation senior fellow who fled communist Cuba in the 1970s says a "vicious cycle" of urban affordability pressures and cultural shifts is systematically delivering socialist candidates into Democratic primaries — and predicts the trend will produce self-described communists "in double digits" in the House of Representatives.
Mike Gonzalez, speaking to Fox News Digital, called the threat "real now," pointing to a wave of socialist primary victories across New York City, Seattle, and Colorado as evidence of accelerating momentum.
Electoral Record: Five Socialist Candidates, Multiple Incumbent Defeats The recent primary cycle produced a string of results that Gonzalez and others cite as evidence of the trend's breadth.
New York City elected socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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