NATIONAL REVIEW
Here Come the Socialists
Noah Rothman
November 4, 2026

…Minnesotans, in all their wisdom, will send Bernie Sanders ally Peggy Flanagan to represent them in the upper chamber of Congress. She, too, ran on eliminating private health insurance, “tearing ICE apart,” banning investors from purchasing certain properties, packing the Supreme Court, and restricting the public’s right to engage in political speech. Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed does not describe himself as a socialist, but the socialists in his orbit don’t seem to have noticed. Who could blame them? He argues that his version of Medicare for All is some strange new species of capitalism. He opposes almost any government program that moves public money into private pockets, including school vouchers. And he, too, would abolish ICE and pack the courts. But it’s foreign policy that gets El-Sayed out of bed in the morning. Specifically, his desire to reimagine “the currently existing state of Israel” and cut off its access even to defensive munitions with no offensive application. After all, if Israeli civilians are more vulnerable to deadly terrorist attacks, perhaps Jerusalem will be more reluctant to defend itself with vigor. READ MORE