Hillman: Democratic Socialism is about control
By Mark Hillman | Commentary, Capitol Review
Democratic Socialists are cruising through Democratic Party primaries like a hot knife through butter.
Entitled young adults, especially, respond to their angst-driven message, frustrated that expensive college degrees landed them entry-level jobs easily attained without a six-figure education.
Here in Colorado, Melat Kiros’ decisive win over 30-year incumbent Diana DeGette led a socialist wave in Denver that also saw a first-term centrist legislator ousted by a DSA challenger.
U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper did fend off a challenge by state Sen. Julie Gonzales, but the former two-term governor and mayor of Denver, lost to Gonzales in Denver by 13,000 votes.
And in Congressional District 8, social-media obsessed state Rep....