The Democratic Party is undergoing a hostile takeover by democratic socialists and similarly minded radicals who've made no secret of their contempt for the United States and desire to transform it into something wholly unrecognizable. Establishment Democrats, impotent to stop their party's takeover, have resorted in recent days to "big tent" talk as an apparent means of coping. When asked, for instance, whether he was comfortable with El-Sayed, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said during a press conference on Tuesday, "Look, we are a big tent party, and being a big tent party is a strength, not a weakness." Gavin Newsom (D) similarly downplayed concerns over the DSA's ascendancy, stating, "Progressives in San Francisco were the early versions of the DSA. Rowe then engaged in the dirty job of reading and responding to some of his critics.