Do Their Constituents Know?

One of the great things about America, indeed, one of our guaranteed freedoms, is embodied in the First Amendment. No, I'm not talking about freedom of speech, the press, or the free exercise of religion. Rather, I'm talking about the freedom we have to peaceably assemble, to gather ourselves in groups of shared philosophies, ideologies or interests.

To my knowledge, there are no outlawed political parties in the United States of America. In fact, I think the communists still operate a party apparatus. I'm sure there are a large number of socio-political groups out there. And they have a right to assemble and organize.

One of these groups is the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). I don't have much to say about them, other than their ideology generally runs counter to what I believe, and what I believe America's Founding Fathers intended. I won't demonize people for having different ideas of society. But I do think when our elected politicians align themselves to certain ideologies or platforms, their constituents ought to know.

Yesterday, GatewayPundit at FirstThings.com noted that last October, the DSA published the names of some 70 current members of Congress that have aligned themselves to this socialist caucus. 70. Eleven of these sit on the House Judiciary Committee (almost half of the total number of Democrats on the committee).

I'm a little shocked, but I suppose I shouldn't be. Socialism has been a part of our national conversation in one form or another for almost a century. The debate is not going away anytime soon.

As I look at the list, though, I simply have to wonder: Do their constituents know?

(h/t: Claire Berlinski)