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Altman Warns DSA Lifted Leninist Ban Threatens Democrats

9/9/2026

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Jake Altman warned that extremist factions threaten the U.S. Democratic Party.
He called Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed dishonest and sanctimonious.
Altman said the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) added Marxist and Leninist factions around 2014-2015.
He reported the DSA voted in August 2025 to lift its ban on Leninists.
Abdul El-Sayed refused to condemn streamer Hasan Piker, describing him as a “streamer from California.”

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Jake Altman warned that extremist factions threaten the U.S. Democratic Party.
He called Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed dishonest and sanctimonious.
Altman said the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) added Marxist and Leninist factions around 2014-2015.
He reported the DSA voted in August 2025 to lift its ban on Leninists.
Abdul El-Sayed refused to condemn streamer Hasan Piker, describing him as a “streamer from California.”