Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., told Fox News Digital his measure is aimed at getting moderate Democrats on the record about their stance on the Democratic Socialists of America.
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., introduced a measure Thursday condemning socialism in all its forms, telling Fox News Digital he wants to use the vote to force moderate House Democrats to take a more public stance against the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
"I keep hearing people like Hakeem Jeffries and others in the Congress saying that they oppose the DSA. Let's see if they're willing to vote for a resolution that would oppose them," Crank told Fox News Digital in an interview on Friday.
Crank's House resolution cites New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s victory as one of the clearest signposts of the DSA’s growing political momentum.
A recent Brookings Institution analysis found that as of August 12, 123 candidates endorsed or recommended by national, state or local DSA chapters had won primaries this cycle. Most were running for local or state-level office.
FAR-LEFT SURGE: MAMDANI-BACKED CANDIDATES OUST DEM ESTABLISHMENT INCUMBENTS
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on May 13, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Crank described the DSA movement as "anti-American" and "anti-Constitution," arguing that its members are often hostile to free speech, one of the core rights protected by the U.S. Constitution.
He also accused DSA members of being anti-Semitic in their advocacy against Israel, particularly after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel.
"I would almost say the DSA in some ways is the marriage between socialism, the traditional socialism of Bernie Sanders, and the anti-Semitism of this sort of radical Arab movement," Crank said.
He continued: "If that's a marriage, their child is violence, right? It's violence and intimidation. It's showing up at town hall meetings and trying to shout elected officials down, which, by the way, is completely anti-democratic."
Demonstrators hold a "Democratic Socialists of America" banner ahead of a vote by the Rent Guidelines Board at El Museo del Barrio in New York, on June 25, 2026. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
MAMDANI FACES QUESTIONS OVER TIES TO OUTLET ACCUSED OF ANTISEMITIC TROPES
One recent example of DSA members disrupting an elected official came in February, when San Francisco DSA led a protest at a news conference held by Mayor Daniel Lurie, who is Jewish.
Lurie was announcing a tax-cut proposal when demonstrators repeatedly chanted "Tax the rich." During the disruption, a woman also shouted "tax the Jews," though DSA and other protesters said she was not affiliated with the group.
