The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) platform includes abolishing the border, abolishing prisons, defunding the police, defunding the Department of War, allowing men in women's sports, and packing the Supreme Court.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonOct 27, 2026Sources support that the DSA platform calls for abolishing borders and prisons, defunding the police and the Department of War (Pentagon), but none says it includes allowing men in women's sports.
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… And that's what we have right now. This is not our father's Democrat Party. This group is taking a far turn to the left. You see it by their all star candidates. They're promoting around the country and they publish their platform. Of course, the dsa, which you've covered exhaustively and I'm grateful for that. They want to abolish the border, abolish prisons, defund the police, defund the Department of War. They want men back in women's sports. They want to pack the Supreme Court. I mean it just goes on and on and on. If the American people signed up for big government socialism, their prices and their taxes would go up dramatically. You have to keep common sense in charge. And that's what we represented.
Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. AP reports the platform proposes replacing the president and the Supreme Court with leaders picked by Congress. That is a restructuring of the court's selection, not an expansion of its size, so it does not clearly match 'packing the Supreme Court'.[1]
Supports. Fox host Shannon Bream asked DSA co-chair Megan Romer about abolishing borders, abolishing prisons and defunding the Pentagon, and Romer agreed each is part of the DSA platform, with borders and prisons described as a longer-term plan.[2]
Supports. A quoted DSA agenda item calls to 'fully abolish the police and prison system' through steps including redirecting police funding, and another calls to 'Defund the Department of War.'[3]
Context. No source states that the DSA platform includes allowing men in women's sports. The only mention is a letter-writer's statement about the Democratic Party, not the DSA.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 not rated
- 1Republicans decry a new Democratic Socialists of America platform ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Democratic Socialists Co-Chair Sparks Bipartisan Alarmnewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3The radical leftists are adamant about changing our countrybdtonline.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Letters: Democratic Socialists of America; Colorado home pricesreporterherald.com · not rated · cited for: context
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