she is the director of the democratic socialists of america. to start this conversation, what does it mean to be a democratic socialist? guest: we believe we should all live a life of dignity and comfort and that in the richest country in the history of the world it is possible. we know that working people are the ones that make this economy work and make society work. the current economic system and the political system we have in place because of our economic system are not working for the 99%. we believe we need a society that we run democratically for human needs, not private profit. it is our believe there is an elite minority of people who have rigged the economy and therefore rigged the political system for their own benefit. when he do work together as working and poor people to take back our economy and our politics and create a transformed society. we are an organization with chapters in all 50 states working towards that with everything from direct access to legislative work to electing democratic socialist candidates and more. host:

host: you mentioned democratic socialists of america have chapters in all 50 states. eventually become the majority of the democratic party? guest: i think the democratic ,arty has millions of members but parties in the united states are not quite the same as other parties, so someday we would love to see a movement strong enough to actually become another party, but we are so far from that now because of the way the two parties have worked together to set the system up, it is very difficult for any other party to become one of the two main parties. ,here are many other parties but the two main parties maintain their power. there are structural barriers they set up to make it difficult for additional parties to grow in influence. our analysis is that it's more strategic to be independent and try to grow and popularize the idea of democratic socialism and there is an alternative to capitalism. eventually we hope to grow big enough to either become another party or become one of the dominant parties or just change the system itself. host: as you go about your work in thi

. >> a member of the democratic socialists of america talks about the parties political goals and its potential impact on the 2 2018 midterm elections. >> host: area joins us from new york as the national director of the democratic socialists of america. she will be with us taking your calls until the bottom of the hour. but as a protest of the conversation what does it mean to be a democratic socialist? >> we believe we should live a life of dignity and comfort. working people make this economy work and make the society worked at the currenworkbut the currenm and political system that we have in place because of our economic system aren't working for the 99% so we believe we need a society that we've run democratically and it's our belief that there is an elite minority of people who have rigged the economy into the political system for their own benefitbenefit so we need to wok together to take back our economy and politics and create a transform society. we are working towards that with everything from direct action to legislative clerk to electing democratic candidates. >> how did

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absolutely all you have to do is go to the democratic socialists of america website and find out what the democratic socialists of america are really all about everything you just alluded to plus guaranteed income whether or not you're working when when you talk about the workers having more rights they want the end of capitalism and workers to run the show workers would own and run everything there wouldn't be private ownership by corporations stockholders would go to you know where and let me let me just if i may hate reading thing but this is very important the disgraceful use of prisons to regulate behavior would be replaced with a system that decriminalizes a wide range of offenses and provides victims victims of the ones in prison provides victims with mental health care and various forms of counseling to help people find productive ways to move forward after committing serious crimes so you commit a serious crime no more prison you know get counseling these people are looney bins ok let the democrats run on this employees ok see what you just described is good mo in one form or

she has a fundraiser with democratic socialists of america. ian: ocasio-cortez's victory causing a rise of democratic socialists on college campuses, young democratic socialists of america experiencing a 280% increase from 2016 from 2018. in the fall over 250 campuses registered for a chapter which is the most ever. todd: politicians looking to win over use of voters sending a text message that. todd: fighting that is a got texts and vented mailers donated to campaigns. voters only got mailers. todd: is there a downside to this political spam? let's bring in kurt the cyber guy. >> when we look at this closely it is a brilliant way for political campaigns to reach people not only for the vote but donations to their campaign. a group of people have been using a similar way, instead of volunteers sitting around calling you and annoying you in the evening hours they will instead text you. hi, jillian, what is going on, who is this? at the end of the day it is much less annoying than getting a phone call according to people receiving this. what happ

absolutely all you have to do is go to the democratic socialists of america website and find out what the democratic socialists of america are really all about everything you just alluded to plus guaranteed income whether or not you're working when when you talk about the workers having more rights they want the end of capitalism and workers to run the show workers would own and run everything there would be private ownership by corporations stockholders would go to you know where and let me let me just if i may hate reading thing but this is very important the disgraceful use of prisons to regulate behavior would be replaced with a system that decriminalizes a wide range of offenses and provides victims victims are the ones in prison provides victims with mental health care and various forms of counseling to help people find productive ways to move forward after committing serious crimes so you commit a serious crime no more prison you know get counseling these people are loony bins ok let the democrats run on this employees ok steve what you just described is good mo in one form or

absolutely all you have to do is go to the democratic socialists of america website and find out what the democratic socialists of america are really all about everything you just alluded to plus guaranteed income whether or not you're working when you talk about the workers having more rights they want the end of capitalism and workers to run the show workers would own and run everything there wouldn't be private ownership by corporations stockholders would go to you know where and let me let me just if i may hate reading thing but this is very important the disgraceful use of prisons to regulate behavior would be replaced with a system that decriminalizes a wide range of offenses and provides victims victims are the ones in prison provides victims with mental health care and various forms of counseling to help people find productive ways to move forward after committing serious crimes so you commit a serious crime no more prison you know get counseling these people are looney bins ok let the democrats run on this employees ok see what you just described is good mo in one form or ano

absolutely all you have to do is go to the democratic socialists of america website and find out what the democratic socialists of america are really all about everything you just alluded to plus guaranteed income whether or not you're working when when you talk about the workers having more rights they want the end of capitalism and workers to run the show workers would own and run everything there would be private ownership by corporations stockholders would go to you know where and let me let me just if i may hate reading thing but this is very important the disgraceful use of prisons to regulate behavior would be replaced with a system that decriminalizes a wide range of offenses and provides victims victims of the ones in prison provides victims with mental health care and various forms of counseling to help people find productive ways to move forward after committing serious crimes so you commit a serious crime no more prison you know get counseling these people are looney bins ok let the democrats run on this employees ok see what you just described is good mo in one form or an

she is a member of the democratic socialists of america. tonight she has fundraisers in san francisco's mission district. one of those events sold out, so organ ielze organizers had to move to a larger venue. she surprised people by winning new york's 14th congressional district primary in june. she is so popular she even won a second district as a write-in candidate. >>> one of the most scenic and area is also one of the most dangerous. cyclists say buses too big for the road are nearly hitting them on mount diablo. you can look at some of the video here. nbc bay area's thom jensen is live in walnut creek for us. tom, what do the cyclists want done? >> reporter: well, i will tell you what, raj, a long-time mount diablo bicyclists say this is a problem that has become more prevalent in recent years, especially as more people try to summit mount diablo on buses. a charter bus filled with children from a pleasanton youth program tries to maneuver the twists and turns on mount diablo. unable to make this curve, it crosses a yellow line into onc

democratic socialism. ok let me go back to ron here and. again i want to stress the issue of identity politics because when i look at some of the things i mean democratic socialists of america i mean i've been around for a while ok and i looked at some of their older literature and you're spot on they looked at more and working people getting a fair shake that's fine but what i see now is this infusion of identity politics and i think that you know it's i can say pretty confidently given the election results over the last two years that doesn't work it doesn't work for the democratic party but they they don't you know that when you talk about. ends gender toilets and stuff like that it turns off the heartland i'm from the heartland this is something that people they want the factories the star opening up again they want their wages to go up and then you have these things you know this political correctness and and these pronouns all this nonsense and i don't have any patience for it because it doesn't advance my life or the people around me how do you address that ron well there is a world of difference between exploiting identity politics for just political jargon nonsense

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democratic socialism. ok let me go back to ron here and. again i want to stress the issue of identity politics because when i look at some of the things i mean democratic socialists of america i mean i've been around for a while ok and i looked at some of their older literature and you're spot on they looked at more and working people getting a fair shake that's fine but what i see now is this infusion of identity politics and i think that you know it's i can say pretty confidently given election results of the last two years that doesn't work it doesn't work for the democratic party but they they don't you know the. when you talk about transgender toilets and stuff like that it turns off the heartland i'm from the heartland this is something that people they want the factories the star opening up again they want their wages to go up and then you have these things you know this political correctness and and these pronouns all this nonsense and i don't have any patience for it because it doesn't advance my life or the people around me how do you address that ron well there is a world of difference between exploiting identity politics for just political jargon nonsense and ad

she has a fundraiser with democratic socialists of america. se of democratic socialism on college campuses, it is experiencing a 280% increase in the number of clubs from 2016-2018, over 250 campuses have registered for a chapter which is the most ever toward a group. the reason you saw color bars is we were trying to get a signal in live for our next guest, retired marine corps sergeant who served her country for 6 years before losing her leg in a helicopter crash in afghanistan but she is the first veteran to pose for the pinup for best calendar and she joins us. a bit of a technical glitch but we are very excited about this. talk about what it is like to be given this honor. >> reporter: thanks for having me. it was huge, when they offered, it was a huge moment in my life and my recovery. when i first lost my leg i thought i would never heal or people would look at me differently. when somebody presented me this opportunity to empower myself and show other people to embrace their differences and feel they were beautiful i jumped up. jillian:

say democratic socialism, then the fact summit is pointing a gun at your head to rob you, that is not force anymore, now it is democracy. according to jerry abbott of the democratic socialists of america, he says socialism is about democratizing the family to get rid of patriarchal relations. good luck with that. democratizing the political sphere to get participatory democracy. challenging the hierarchal relationships within the teachers of a school, that is the stupid this idea in the world. we are generally handing over education to seven-year-olds to democratize the classroom, so that seems dumb. socialism is the democratization of all areas of life, including but not limited to the economy. voting for the use of force is still the use of force. if two thirds of is a vote to arrive at gunpoint the other third of the people in this room, that is still force. that is tyranny. the thought is recognized this, that is why they built a system of checks and balances. they created a constitutional system to prevent exactly this, to prevent the idea that, you said it is democratic, so that means it is ok if we decide to impress a minority with regard to race. that applies to economics too.

of democratic socialism run amok. i want to be clear. the groups like the democratic socialists of americasives. they're not your traditional liberals like fdr or jfk. these are radicals. these are people who believe in seizing the means of production, in eliminating the private ownership of companies and nationalizing industries. that is exactly what happened in venezuela. it is exactly what happened in my family's native cuba. and those are fringe ideas. like i said even by north european standards. yes, i do believe it is fair to point to venz friends and cuba as examples of democratic socialism in action because their economic policies, while not identical are the things, systems that most closely resemble what their proposals are. i want to be clear, no sure two years ago the democrats socialists america put out a statement defending nicolas maduro regime. now that they're getting more attention, they are starting to retract a lot of statements they put online before. we have google cachet and we have screen shots of them. because they can not fool everyone. it is important for democr

one that did win the other talib is very much on the model and also a member of the democratic socialists of america in detroit and that stuff plays better in detroit. last night proved especially in the swing districts that are going to matter in the midterms and often decide presidential elections progressivism doesn't sell. >> do you think this is about the people understanding clearly what's happening in terms of economic policies? the president has his economic policies and smaller government and the other government has higher taxes as well as a lot of free things like free education and health care. are people understanding that socialism has been a failure in the past, is that what this is about? >> for some people, yes. blue-collar workers know if the policy implemented they'll be the ones paying it through their taxes. and look, bernie had a very surprising run against hillary clinton but part was he was an anti-establishment candidate in the year where those candidates did well. one even made it to the white house. in fact, bernie pushed hilary to the left. the biggest thing this came fro

democrats really want to run on the social spot for? i spoke with the national director of the democratic socialist of america and says one goal the capacity business and eliminate private ownership of business with that in hands of workers. here's what she told me. >> we believe large companies should be controlled by workers. we know what it takes to run a company. often far more than the hedge fund managers that might by the company or a distant ceo. adam: here to discuss this or nathan ruben and kate, managing editor for limbic media. kate, start with you. ocasio-cortez and others are getting attention because they are the democratic socialist. only 40000 of them. will they have any real impact because 40000 versus millions of what you might call mainstream democrats, are they going to pull the party to the left or as far as maria's wants to go with illumination of private business and ownership? >> we just really hope they don't. democratic platform becomes the elimination of private property america will be in a very bad spot. on top of this is only 40000 however the amount of media attention we are giving it substantial but these pe

what groups like the democratic socialists of america are proposing are -- is likely ideological counterparts of what you see in havana and in caracas. >> laura: how long are you going to stay a democrat, though? honestly. will you stay a democrat if this is where the party ends up? if this is where it ends up, and the democratic socialist movement, i mean, we want you to become a republican. we want to -- you are a common sense guy. your party is going crazy. crazy left.n. wrap it up. >> what i got to tell you is that the party of john f. kennedy cannot become the party of karl marx.f right? what we are seeing, what's happening now because of some people -- not all -- but because of some, a few years ago -- >> laura: they should denounce it. >> they should denounce it. >> t laura: i want to have you on an extended conversation on radio about this. it's fascinating. republicans have their own challenges. this is a critical conversation and we'll have you back. up next, cnn embarrassing itself once again. stay there. e >> laura: it wasn't enough for cnn to quadruple the number of dubious trump

socialist. democrats should be a socialist. 42 men and women in 22 different states running for office as socialists at difficult levels this year. democrat socialist of americake it up to deputy assistant to former president george w. bush assistant brad blakeman. do they know what a socialist is. >> i remember a time ago you called a socialist it die famed them. moist of my democratic friend reject it. they think our party is shanghaied by a small group so far of, candidates. who, who label themselves as such. but they're candidates. they're not supporters. they're not backers. they're putting their name on the ballot as democrats. very dangerous. liz: this is made-up term. there is no economic model for it. >> right. liz: it is socialism. they're talking about being progressive which is fine, you can be progressive if you want. you talk about socialism, they point to the nordic countries saying the in orderric countries have successful socialist model. denmark, norway, they say we're capitalists with big welfare programs. we're not socialists. knock it off. >> in america, socialism means what the fringe candidates are saying. everything is free. there is m

democratic socialism, then the fact that someone from the government is pointing a gun at your head to rob you, that is not force anymore, now it is democracy. according to jared abbott of the democratic socialists of america, he says socialism is about democratizing the family to get rid of patriarchal relations. good luck with that. democratizing the political sphere to get participatory democracy. democratizing the schools by challenging the hierarchal relationships between the teachers of the school and the students, that perhaps is the stupidest idea in the world. we are handing over education to seven-year-olds to democratize the classroom, so that seems dumb. socialism is the democratization of all areas of life, including but not limited to the economy. but here is the problem. voting for the use of force is still the use of force. if two thirds of us vote to rob at gunpoint the other third of the people in this room, that is still force. that is tyranny. the founders recognized this, that is why they built a system of checks and balances. they created a constitutional system to prevent exactly this, to prevent the idea that, oh, you said it is democratic, so that means it is ok if we decide to ope

bay area tonight and there's a lot of buzz surrounding her evt.she is a member of the democratic socialists of america, and tonight she has fundraisers in san francisco's mission district. one event sold out so quickly the organizers moved it to a larger venue where it sold out immediately again. she stunned the political world by beating a long-time democrat during new york's 14th congressional district p just last month. >> another bombshell announcement from facebook today. the social media company told congress it has uncovered a new attempt to influence the november midterm elections. facebook says it discovered 17 fake facebook accounts and seven instagram accounts responsible for more than 9500 posts with hundreds of thousands of reactions. the cyber experts say there are signs the accounts could be linked to the same group blamed for tampering with the 2016 presidential election. a russian department known as the internet research agency or i.r.a. >> and we discovered that some of the accounts and pages had been connected with known i.r.a. accounts at some point. >> so i will be introducing th

endorsements from many progressive groups, including our revolution and the greater detroit democratic socialists of america. in another closely watched race in michigan, gretchen whitmer, a former leader in the michigan state senate, won the democratic gubernatorial primary. dr. abdul el-sayed, who had been endorsed by bernie sanders, placed second. he was attempting to become the nation's first muslim governor. shri thanedar placed third in the race. meanwhile in missouri, labor unions scored a big victory as voters rejected a republican-backed right-to-work law that would havave banned compulsory union fees. and in another missouri race, ferguson city council member wesley bell unseated st. louis county prosecuting attorney robert mcculloch who was widely criticized for his handling of the police shooting of michael brown in 2014. to talk more about tuesday's results and what they mean for the midterms in november, we are joined by two guests. in washington, d d.c., zaid lali is a staff reporter at the intetercept. anand in madison, wisconsin, is john nichols, political writer for the nation. we welcome

i was the democratic socialists of america and we would like to have our own party and i'm sure all thethe tea partiers would like to have their own party. my question is about what you see is the bigger hurdle to getting rid of the current two-party system towards a parliamentary type one? agree thatmpletely these two political parties and donuts for in our job to build a duopoly that is really hard to penetrate. and not even so much of the federal -- at the national level, but at the state level. his incredible difficult to get on the ballot across the country if you were not one of the two major parties because the two major parties have conspired to make it almost impossible. i don't think the change we are talking about would directly help that, but i absolutely believe we ought to adopt something like what you're talking about of ranked choice voting or instant offloading. i think we have to adopt that right now, at least for the president, because people who for example in 2000 one to support ralph nader for good in principle reasons shouldn't be forced into the position of think

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maria: people embracing these ideology the number getting higher, a study from the on democratic socialist of americahave seen a 280% increase in their club's opening, and democratic socialist ideology and let's talk about these policies. one is medicare for all. the universal single-payer, very popular among democrats, that would cost taxpayers and next to $32 trillion under the most optimistic scenario. the question in terms of giving all the stuff away, free healthcare, how do you pay for it? dagen: you don't pay for it. i will tell people in college who are joining the socialist clubs enjoy living in a world of idiocy and no math because that is the world you inhabit, your little bubble, if you think even one kind of tentpole of socialism would exist, talking about medicare for all, medicare already exists and it is going broke in eight years. the hospital funds will run out of money, and $.90 on the dollar. and it is laughable that ocasio-cortez brags about her economic degree talking about who knows the gini coefficient in congress but doesn't understand even the basics of how the unemployment

i think that message will be tested, the democratic socialists of america message and the more populistrogressive message will be tested in a suburban kansas district. i am not sure it has the same appeal. he might end up winning this nomination because of his thelogy, and if he went to general election against kevin yoder, it might be in spite of his ideology because voters are focused on other things. host: speaking of kansas, one of the papers this morning highlights the small amount of distance in the government's race. race.ernor of the can you break that down? guest: that is a hot race between governor jeff collier, who ascended when sam brownback went to join the administration. he is running against kris kobach, who president trump has asked to be a part of his election commission and president trump and joist -- endorsed at the end. democrats nominated state senator laura kelly, and depending on the scenario, democrats feel good because if you win against kris kobach, you have a polarizing individual has been unabashed in his support for the president, but if you have colyer, y

please wake the kids. 280% increase of young democrat socialist of america chapters at america collegesall right. let's move. next, up to $500. that's how much you get fined for texting and crossing the street in monclaire, california. the new rule is meant to keep people alert so they don't get hit by cars because if you get hit by a car a lot of times according to reports it hurts. finally, $1,000. that's the tip a couple left for a waitress on their $32 bill. the woman is a single mom working three jobs to make ends meet in indiana. she donated the money so her community can bailed skate park for kids. here's steve who cannot skate but talk. steve: i can skate. brian: can you skate? steve: absolutely. brian: i want to see the video. steve: thanks so much, brian. president trump taking message to voters in wicks barry, pennsylvania. america is winning again. last week we announced that the u.s. economy grew at 4.1% last quarter. nobody thought that was possible. and if the democrats got in, that number would be 1.2, it would even turn negative it was going to go down job report being

on the abolish ice issue, yesterday on this program we had the head of the democratic socialists of americalked about that issue specifically. that group has called to abolish ice. if you want to watch that segment you can do it at c-span.org. michael in walnut creek, california. a democrat. caller: the last time i spoke to you, i had to remind you i am a which means irat, am more conservative. liberals in the democratic party have moved so far to the left it has deserted me. part of what i'm saying is a lot of the people the president has for different positions, they by chuck slow walked schumer and my senator dianne feinstein. instead of giving him the people he needs to do the job, as far as doing away with ice. they have done a tremendous job for this country. you have extreme liberals that want to get rid of them. a lady on yourad program that was a democratic socialist. as i listened, i had to laugh. in san francisco, they wanted to give citizens free college. now they have said we need $5 million to pay for this. the free health care, i have heard estimates up to $32 trillion -- $32

democratic socialist in politics lately. now there is a push for them to infiltrate schools. the young democratic socialists of america political, economic, and social potential for the social potential that the industry holds as we socialists need to build a militant minority of class conscious teachers move our unions in a more militant and democratic direction. joining us with his reaction is the host of the michael mills show michael mills. so i thought school was supposed to be about the kids. >> well, you would think that school is supposed to be about the kids. but, if these socialists think that they are going to indoctrinate students and infiltrate the schools, they are about 50 years late to the party. this has been going on for a very long time. the "new york times" is writing about this, about the mainstreaming of marxism and schools in the 1980s, and we are seeing the effects of that now. you have a whole generation of ignorant socialist students, according to a number of surveys. 40% of american millennials have never heard of salad mere lennon. 42%. another two thirds haven't heard of auschwitz. this is

of the u.s. workforce. americaic socialists of 's -- talks about democratic socialism. watch c-span's "the washington -- liveam :00 eastern at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. the c-span cities tour takes you to las cruces, him new mexico with the help of comcast cable partners we will does -- explore the literary life and history of las cruces along the banks of the rio grande, saturday at 12:00 eastern on book tv. author john hunter explores the impact of the manhattan project on new mexico. cold war and the atomic west." when he blocked -- brought nuclear physics west, to caltech and new mexico, he changed, particularly new mexico. he brought this state that was poor, had very little infrastructure, and put in the middle of it this federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> then, author martha andrews explores western frontier women in her book "the women of southern new mexico." on sunday on american history tv, we visit the white sands missile range museum. that has been done out here, people think it has been mostly military testing, but it ha

so, and yet millennials i think 280% of -- there's been a 280% growth of young democrat socialists in americathe overwhelming majority of them are millennials. >> well, i don't think they represent all of the millennials. apple is an example of what capitalism will do when you create a unique product and you continue to improve it. that's what apple has done in order to achieve its success. the c in capitalism stands for competition. and even though competition has gone after apple, they have continued to improve their product. that's why they hit a trillion dollars. david: yeah. >> so the c in capitalism stands for competition which is good for this economy -- david: yes. >> -- and we are seeing it today. and the s in socialism is for suffering of the people. david: finally, herman, you had to deal with bottom lines as a head of a company, you couldn't deal with opinions, you had to deal with the bottom line numbers. you look at some of the bottom line numbers of one of their key proposals which is the completely socialize our health care system. there was a study out this week it's going to

of democrats and it seemed that those were running away from the progressive agenda. they did better for the most part last night. >> the country of the united states of america hasn't become a socialistvernight, nor will it. that model of just taking democratic socialism and slapping it around the country is not going to be replicable for everyone. but i will say we often over interpret everything so i still think it's the way the energy is in the democratic party and you look at the crop of 2020 candidates, their agenda will look much closer to bernie sanders and alexandria then it will counter lamb or some centrist. >> we have to add abolish ice. thanks very much. up next, why is saudi arabia so mad at canada? are you ready to take your wifi to the next level? then you need xfinity xfi. a more powerful way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most wifi coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. it's the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. are you ready to take your then you need xfinity xfi.? a more powerful way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your de

droves bertie sanders made the statement richest country in southhe america so what are the socialist and progressive democrats afraid of? to go on tv a lot during the obama administration i would never criticize the president he was elected by the people but his policies were fair game i went after those viciously because i thought they were hurting my heat, my employees american workers in the american economy. i wanted him to succeed but i thought the policies would cause him toicm fail it is not the case with president truong today the left isn't afraid they are afraid he will exceed and god bless him if he isn't in a those interviews that i use -- used to do inevitably they would say people are dropping out of the labor force they can't for their families and here you are hiring part-time entry-level jobs pay them enough to support their families and i try to explain how that doesn't produce enough income or wealth to pay somebody a living wage it never occurred to me i could support a family of four but you are greedy but interviews don't go like that because 17 through to an economy that workers could not find go

be learned in america because you've got these new social democratic socialists in america and you keep saying all well as well as a example of one of those going and they go well they didn't do it right and they didn't do it right you know it's the thing is it's never done right it never works and those northern european countries people keep referring to as being examples of successes and socialism those are not socialist countries those are called mixed economies is capitalism plus socialism mixed together and they exactly that great other of course norway is one they keep on referring to and of course and what has norway done they've saved almost every single penny that came in from all of their oil wealth they don't spend it they put it in for a rainy day unlike the united kingdom which converted leverage it up into debt so there are different sort of a colony is that is up to the leader and that's what i was saying hyperinflation is when basically the population and then the world loses faith in the leader it is ability to manage it but here we have this notion of a crypto currency being introduced into an economy and i

democratic social of america's increasing roles in the primary. the membership has grown tremendously. that with the democratic socialists have done, is to rebrand the failed soviet style socialism into new packaging. they think it is going to full everyone. look no further than venezuela. even in present day. what i do worry about is a paradigm shift on the left that is taking the country. the democratic socialist support abolishing the senate area did that is the position that is totally -- with the government. just a it is really enormous paradigm shift. there's obviously a lot of places where you can hit democrats. you spend all your time watching democrats. states, atthese red least 10 are up for reelection. much does the president's second the oxygen that all of the talks that is the president's tweets? -- the fact that these have become so nationalized? is a harder than it was in 2014 and 2016? was thenk it nationalization of the presidency in washington. it was somewhat confined to the washington bubble. just because i think that most will, i'm from pennsylvania. i have a lot of family and friends back home. wher

does not exist any more in america. >> reasons that supreme court upheld affordable care act the monthly payments that americans make is a tax. liz: socialist darling of democratt just mistakes but political malpractice, washington post said her claims on campaign trail by alexandria ocasio-cortez, call it poppycock. the stuff of urban legend in the facts check of her media blitz. whether you look at list, of great errors she is making, washington potty i post is being withering here. >> republicans are looking at her candidacy as a gift, someone they can run against, we have come to see about her, she is someone that upset democratic establishment, knocked out a leader, she won an elected should was not expected, and to become one of youngest congresswoman, she basically has the opinions of an uninformed college student, something you might repeat of a beer at a party in an argument, but not prepared to go to the country, she does not understand economic basics, she does not know what is going on in the middle east, and a lot of things she has discussed shy show she has a vey understanding. liz: i think she won 20,000 votes, not many people turned out, and sh

of "america rising former chair of the college republicans, we thank you for being with us here on it newsmakers. alex: thank you so much for having me. host: james, she mentioned democratic socialists. what was your reaction? james: they want to emphasize the division and the democratic party, and as you know, there -- obviously seven wars civil war is going on in the democratic party. my take away from listening is she washink -- even criticizing the president and republicans on deficits and a host of different things, sort of nodding that these disagreements existed, but saying that the real story is the divisions on the democratic side. i think that telegraphs the shift of how negative the 2020 be.s will we saw that in 2016, where the only way that donald trump could win was being approved usually by americans on election day was to make hillary clinton be viewed even more unfavorably. that is way -- that is how i think they will play an .portant role in 2018 host: she pointed out everything they do is in the public domain. you said vicious, some would say that that is what makes politics dirty? al: at him blame them for going out in doing this, i remember in 2014, it was on my

of them like capitalism. ainsley: we have interviewed people come from socialist countries they have no idea, the democrats in america's really like to live amongst socialist. paul krugman of the "new york times" he tweeted this out. a funny things happens when you demonize universal healthcare, nutritional aid and unemployment aid as socialism. lots of people decide socialism as okay. brian: medicaid is a example of socialism. medicare is something that shows universal but not a societal universal healthcare. and positive view of socialism is 16% for republicans in 2016 at 1%. at 2012 it was 23%. bottom line is if you are a republican three of every four like capitalism. so this is what republicans should run on if they are smart. steve: one of america's most popular socialist right now is alexandria ocasio-cortez. and she has turned down a debate with candace owens. candace owen tweeted this out reminding everyone that owe caseio 18 is turning down 100,000 to do so a charity of her choosing because she doesn't want to debate her socialist platform with me. weird. i thought socialists loved taking money they don't e

america . what are the socialists afraid of? what are the democrats afraid of? i used to go on tv a lot during the obama administration and i would never criticize president obama. he was the duly elected president, he earned my respect as a person but his policies were fair game and i went after those policies viciously because i thought they were hurting my company, my employees, american workers and the american economy. i wanted him to succeed but i thought the policies he was pursuing would cause him to fail. that's not the case with the criticism of president trump today. the left isn't afraid president trump is going to fail. they're afraid president trump is going to succeed. god bless him if he isn't succeeding in stage. those interviews i used to do that melissa mentioned, i go on and the interview inevitably somebody would say andy, people are dropping out of the labor force. they can't find good jobs, they can't support their families. you are hiring. why don't you pay them enough so that they can support their families and i tried to explain how an

sanders made that statement that it was the richest country in south america so, what are the socialist afraid of? what are the democrats afraid of? used to go on tv a lot during the obama administration as elizabeth mentioned and i would never criticize president obama, by the way. he was the elected president of the united states and had entitlement to my respect as a person, but his policies were fair game and i went after those policies because i thought they were hurting my company. they were hurting my employees could they were hurting american workers and the american economy i wanted him to succeed. but i thought the policies he was ensuing wasse causing fail that's not the case with the criticism of president trump today adding the left is an afraid he will fail. they are afraid president trump will succeed and god bless him be he isn't succeeding in spades , i mean, we have actually-- those interviews i used to do, i would go on in the interview would inevitably someone with a anti, people are dropping out of the labor force. they can't find good jobs and support their families and here you are hiring part-tim