In recent weeks, quite a few Democrats and people in media have tried to compare the rise of the DSA in the Democrat Party to the rise of the Tea party in the GOP, but that is a false comparison.
The Tea Party wanted Republicans to return to Constitutional, small government and common sense spending. The DSA wants to burn the Constitution and the country along with it.
This weekend on ABC News, Scott Jennings rejected an argument from longtime Democrat figure Donna Brazile when she tried to make this comparison. He is exactly right.
Transcript via ABC News:
DONNA BRAZILE, FORMER DNC CHAIR & ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: Well, first of all, I think she’s a smart politician. She clearly has spent some years in Congress understanding that you got to build a coalition, that you got to go out there and represent your values and views. But as you know, I’ve been in this big tent party probably longer than most people.