DSA co-chair mocked for proudly confirming socialists want to abolish the Senate, national borders, prisons

By Imani Sutton · Reporting from Atlanta · July 28, 2026

The language of policy proposals has always been a loaded mechanism.

When "True" Means Dismantling Everything That Works

The language of policy proposals has always been a loaded mechanism. You read enough filings—whether they are Georgia Power’s rate adjustments or local zoning ordinances—and you learn that every promise, no matter how clean or smart it sounds, runs on somebody's existing grid and someone else’s established law. What the Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) has offered up in recent weeks is not a plan for optimization; it is a blueprint for systemic failure. Megan Romer confirming the DSA platform—including abolishing the Senate, replacing the Supreme Court, defunding the Pentagon, and eliminating national borders—is less a policy discussion and more an ideological declaration of war on the American state as currently configured.

The Mechanics of Abolition

The sheer scope of this is breathtakingly radical. During her rapid-fire true-or-false round with Fox News host Shannon Bream, Romer didn't hesitate: "Abolish the Senate?" she replied, “True.” This isn't a minor tweak to tax code; it’s structural demolition. The DSA platform, as detailed by city-journal.org, calls for scrapping the U.S. Senate and replacing both the presidency and Supreme Court with bodies subordinate to Congress. Furthermore, Romer affirmed that eliminating national borders while granting mass amnesty is a "long-term plan."

The reaction from Republicans—Mike Johnson calling it a march toward COMMUNISM; Ted Cruz dismissing it as insane—is predictable theater. But what those reactions miss, or perhaps choose to ignore, is the historical mechanism at play. When you talk about dismantling foundational state structures—the judiciary, the legislative bicameralism, the border itself—you are invoking a precedent that has nothing to do with common sense and everything to do with revolutionary force. The shared mechanism here is the radical dismantling of established class structures in favor of a centralized, planned system: the Russian Revolution. This historical moment confirms that when the goal is abolition for its own sake, the resulting vacuum cannot be filled by democratic process; it requires overwhelming state power—the very thing these proposals seek to dismantle.

The Grid Is Not Optional

To treat this radicalism as merely a political difference of opinion is naïve. It’s not just about who gets the rent check; it's about whether the entire building remains standing. When Romer states that the Senate was designed "to make sure that the people didn't have too much of a say," she isn't offering an engineering critique; she's advocating for tearing out load-bearing walls.

The DSA’s vision, as reported by hannity.com, is not reform; it is replacement. It demands a complete overhaul—a socialist republic built on the ashes of existing law. The only thing that remains constant across every single iteration of this platform is the insistence that current American institutions are inherently illegitimate and must be swept away entirely.

This isn't merely radical left-wing policy; it’s a manifesto for state collapse, using the language of systemic reform to mask the mechanics of revolution. The true danger here is not the stated ideology, but the belief that such massive structural changes—abolishing borders, courts, and bicameral legislatures—can be achieved through anything less than overwhelming force. This platform does not seek a smarter America; it seeks an entirely different one, built on historical precedent and revolutionary violence.

DSA co-chair mocked for proudly confirming socialists want to abolish the Senate, national borders, prisons

When "True" Means Dismantling Everything That Works

The Mechanics of Abolition

The Grid Is Not Optional

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