Socialists ‘will try to destroy the Democratic Party’: Byron York

Published June 27, 2026 11:29am ET | Updated June 27, 2026 11:29am ET



Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said establishment Democrats are increasingly concerned as socialists gain influence within the party and use Democrats as a path to elected office.

“The Democratic Socialists of America, who use the Democratic Party as a vehicle to get on to ballots, to get money, to get connections, to win office, and then will try to destroy the Democratic Party,” York said on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle Friday.

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