Democratic group launches $15M war on DSA after socialist primary wins: 'Mortal danger'

A leading centrist Democratic group is launching a new $15 million effort between now and 2028 to discredit democratic socialism, Fox News Digital confirms.

The group, Third Way, says it plans to target the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which they believe poses a “mortal danger” for Democrats.

The move comes in the wake of left-wing candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s victory this week over more moderate Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens in the high-profile and high-stakes Senate primary in battleground Michigan.

El-Sayed’s razor-thin win over Stevens, along with DSA-aligned and progressive candidates winning in two congressional primaries in Michigan, come amid earlier victories this spring and earlier this summer, and are emboldening the left in its ideological battle for the future of the Democratic Party.

Referring to El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan, which is an early voting state in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary calendar, Bennett said it “gives the 2028 presidential field the wrong idea of how to win the presidential primary in places in Michigan.”

News of the Third Way effort was first reported earlier Thursday by the New York Times.