It had been a long time since a Democrat had a “Sister Souljah” moment. But when Eric Adams stated last July that his main concern heading into the general election in November wasn’t his opponent on the ballot but a “movement,” he shocked a New York City Democratic Party that had just nominated him for mayor.

The “movement” that Adams was concerned about, he said, was the Democratic Socialists of America, a minor though increasingly influential party in New York. It was the DSA that gave the country Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and many other young leftist leaders. Ocasio-Cortez and her House “Squad” have become not only the young stars of the Democratic Party but also its future.