Democrats’ civil war is heating up. Byron York says socialists are winning

Published August 14, 2026 2:02pm ET | Updated August 14, 2026 2:02pm ET



Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said the growing divide within the Democratic Party is creating unease for mainstream Democrats as Democratic Socialists of America-adjacent candidates have “taken a step forward.”

Mainstream Democrats are “very concerned because DSA, and what you might call DSA-adjacent candidates, are really on a higher level now than they were just a few weeks ago,” York said Friday on Fox & Friends.

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