Lindi Li, a former fundraiser for the Democratic National Convention (DNC), offered insight as to why socialism has been steadily rising within the party.
Speaking to Fox News, Li said, “They’re a metastasizing cancer,” and explained, “I had a bird’s-eye view from the beginning, you know, [to] the ascent of the DSA — power abhors a vacuum. They’re simply filling a vacuum. There’s no one there.”
Li noted that the lack of leadership within the party, which came to the forefront upon the decline of former President Joe Biden, led to the emergence of prominent socialists. “These over-educated bums, which populated the DSA — that’s what they are — basically forced me to adopt its platform by handing me a questionnaire and saying, ‘everyone in this congressional race must fill out this questionnaire,’” Li told the outlet. The questionnaire was handed to her in 2018.
“That’s what they do. I don’t know if Americans are familiar with that, but that’s how they enforce compliance. They hand you these candidate questionnaires, you fill it out, and so your name is forever attached,” she said, detailing how the DSA has pushed for greater adoption of socialist policies for years. “It even made it to my Wikipedia page. So now on my Wikipedia page it has me as some tree-hugging, marijuana-supporting whatever. I said none of that. They just grabbed it from the questionnaire.”
Li departed from the Democratic Party in 2024 after facing backlash for criticizing then-Vice President Kamala Harris. She accused the Harris presidential campaign of failing to account for a substantial amount of cash that allegedly disappeared within weeks. She called for an investigation into the funds, believing that those close to the campaign may have benefited from the trail.
