Dem Rep. Adam Smith Slams ‘Radical’ Dem Socialists: Their Proposals Are ‘Dangerous’

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SMITH: "Well, look, there‘s two big things that are going on here that need to be separated. On the one hand, there is a real desire within the Democratic Party, within the the broader, you know, coalition that we put together, they want to see us, you know, fight Trump more effectively. They want to see us go after income inequality more aggressively and they want to see new, younger faces. And I think there‘s broad appeal for that across the Democratic coalition. You know, get after, you know, economic populism, greater economic opportunity, too much concentration of wealth in this country. I completely agree. We need new, younger, more energetic leaders. I get that too. And we gotta effectively fight Trump. So you‘ve got that. But then when you look at some of these Democratic socialists that are running, their ideology is vastly more radical than that. And you see that in expressing support for communism, in expressing support for open borders, defunding the police, a fundamental attack on America itself and the premises behind it. And so it‘s dangerous that people come in and say, 'Hey, I‘m going to fight Trump. I‘m new. I‘m going to get after income inequality,' but they‘re pushing ideas and agendas that are not popular in this country and frankly, not good policy on immigration enforcement, again, on criminal justice, you know, on the basic concept of personal responsibility, accountability, and economic opportunity. So it is a significant challenge for our coalition, no doubt about it."