Party Silence As Constitution Gets Torched?

A national socialist leader just said no Democrat has tried to rein her in as she openly calls for abolishing the Senate and even the presidency, exposing how far the party’s radical wing is willing to go without pushback.

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Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) co-chair proudly defends abolishing the Senate, presidency, and Supreme Court on national TV.
She says not a single Democratic lawmaker has asked her to soften or walk back these extreme proposals.
The official DSA platform now calls for a unicameral legislature and a parliamentary system, scrapping core U.S. institutions.
Top Democrats largely dodge questions, signaling quiet tolerance of ideas that would gut the Constitution’s checks and balances.

DSA Co-Chair Openly Backs Abolishing Core U.S. Institutions

During a Fox News interview, Democratic Socialists of America national co-chair Megan Romer was asked a simple, pointed question about her group’s platform: “Abolish the Senate?” She answered “True” without hesitation. When the host followed by asking if DSA wants to “replace the presidency and Supreme Court as we now know them,” Romer replied “Yep,” again confirming the goal in plain language. The interview also highlighted calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement and national borders, which she likewise defended.

Coverage and clips of Romer’s appearance show she did not frame these ideas as fringe or symbolic, but as part of the platform DSA stands behind today. In another segment, she described the Senate as an “anachronistic institution” that comes from the British House of Lords and was designed so “the people didn’t have too much of a say.” That reasoning lines up with earlier remarks from co-chair Ashik Siddique, who said DSA “just don’t see the point of the Senate” and that abolishing it is “part of our platform.”

Platform Calls for Scrapping Senate and Presidency Entirely

Reports on DSA’s updated national platform say the document now spells out, in writing, a plan for a “unicameral, proportional legislature (abolishing the Senate)” and a parliamentary system “abolishing the presidency.” The same coverage notes the platform also seeks to abolish the Electoral College, replace the Supreme Court, defund the Pentagon, and tear down U.S. immigration enforcement. One Facebook post describing the adopted “Workers Deserve More!” platform states the provisions to abolish the Senate and Electoral College were formally approved by DSA’s National Political Committee and passed with recorded votes, not just floated as theory.

Siddique has defended this design by saying “government should be proportional to the population” and arguing that eliminating the Senate would make federal power more representative. A Notus report on the platform quotes language calling for abolishing the Senate, the presidency, and the Supreme Court and replacing them with an executive and judiciary chosen by a single national legislature. Together, these steps would erase the basic structure of the Constitution’s checks and balances and the federal system that protects smaller states, even if DSA’s leaders present them as “democratic” reforms.

No Democratic Lawmaker Has Asked Her to Tone It Down

Romer’s most striking admission came when she was asked whether any Democratic elected officials had privately urged her to soften or scale back these abolition demands. According to published coverage of the Fox News exchange, she said not one Democrat has asked her to tone down the calls to abolish the Senate or replace the presidency and Supreme Court. That means, by her account, mainstream Democrats may complain publicly about “extremism,” yet behind the scenes they have not pressured DSA’s leadership to change the platform or language.

At the same time, some well-known Democrats are starting to distance themselves in public. Notus reports that Senator Bernie Sanders rejects abolishing the Senate and calls the idea “going too far,” even while sharing other policy goals with DSA. Separate coverage describes Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman labeling DSA policies “insanity” and warning about their influence inside the party, showing a divide between quiet tolerance and loud criticism. Still, Romer’s claim of zero private pushback suggests many Democrats are willing to coexist with a partner organization that openly seeks to dismantle key American institutions.

Democrats Dodge the Issue as Constitutional Stakes Rise

When asked directly whether DSA’s platform has a place in the Democratic Party, Senate leader Chuck Schumer sidestepped the question and instead spoke broadly about Democrats “from one end of the spectrum to the other” working to defeat Republicans. Other Democrats have tried to reframe the discussion as “reform” rather than abolition, such as a New York City DSA figure who said the group thinks the Senate should be reformed, not necessarily scrapped outright. That softer language clashes with the clear platform wording about abolition and the co-chairs’ on-air answers of “True” and “Yep” to abolishing the Senate and presidency.

The DSA isn't hiding it. Their constitution calls for "the abolition of capitalism." Their program calls for replacing the President and Supreme Court with bodies "subordinate to Congress." Their Co-Chair went on C-SPAN and said abolishing the US Senate is "not extreme."

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Media reaction has been intense across the spectrum, with outlets from Fox News to Slate and the Washington Examiner highlighting the shock value of a major left-wing group calling to erase the Senate. Commentators warn that such radical ideas, even if they never pass constitutional muster, show a growing contempt on the far left for the safeguards written into the founding document. As President Trump and his administration work to defend the Constitution, border security, and the rule of law, the lack of serious Democratic pushback to DSA’s agenda raises hard questions about where the party’s base wants to take the country next.