Oct 2, 2026 · 35 min · 13 segments
Alan Dershowitz campaigned for John F. Kennedy in 1960. Sixty-five years later, he says the Democratic Party he supported no longer exists. In this episode of Bay Area Innovators, host Steve Ispas…
Alan DershowitzGuest
Steve IspasHost
Out of those, two of them are part of the DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America.
How is there so much influence, which we do see every day, of socialism in America, when there's only two elected DSAs in Congress?
I guess they don't have the courage to declare what they really are, but we know how they vote.
No doubt that Senator Murphy, no doubt that Senator Booker, no doubt that so many of the senators, for example, in all of New England, If the Republicans manage to lose their one seat in Maine that they now have, if the Democrat wins the seat in Maine, there will not be a single Republican in the House or the Senate in all of New England.
New England will turn into a place of socialism, it will turn into essentially the Cuba of America.
They may not declare themselves to be a socialist, but they vote socialist, and they identify with socialism, and many of them share the values of socialism.
They're certainly not standard Democrats who believe in free market and free speech and meritocracy.
To be a Democrat, you have to be against meritocracy and in favor, essentially, of identity politics.
The other thing you have to be to win in a Democratic primary is you have to be against Israel.
Out of those, two of them are part of the DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America.
How is there so much influence, which we do see every day, of socialism in America, when there's only two elected DSAs in Congress?
I guess they don't have the courage to declare what they really are, but we know how they vote.
No doubt that Senator Murphy, no doubt that Senator Booker, no doubt that so many of the senators, for example, in all of New England, If the Republicans manage to lose their one seat in Maine that they now have, if the Democrat wins the seat in Maine, there will not be a single Republican in the House or the Senate in all of New England.
New England will turn into a place of socialism, it will turn into essentially the Cuba of America.
They may not declare themselves to be a socialist, but they vote socialist, and they identify with socialism, and many of them share the values of socialism.
They're certainly not standard Democrats who believe in free market and free speech and meritocracy.
To be a Democrat, you have to be against meritocracy and in favor, essentially, of identity politics.
The other thing you have to be to win in a Democratic primary is you have to be against Israel.
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