Veteran Dem strategist unleashes super PAC to block DSA in NY: ‘They’re not Democrats’

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Hank Sheinkopf, a veteran Democratic strategist, is redirecting his super PAC, Protect the Protectors, to combat the growing influence of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in New York. Sheinkopf, who describes DSA members as anti-democratic and antisemitic, has spent about $200,000 in opposition efforts but failed to prevent DSA member Zohran Mamdani from winning the New York City mayoral election. Sheinkopf’s PAC plans to challenge DSA candidates in future elections for various offices, as DSA continues to gain momentum nationwide with victories in New York and Los Angeles.

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Veteran Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf is repurposing his pro-law enforcement super PAC, Protect the Protectors, to block the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) from expanding in New York. Sheinkopf, who considers himself a moderate Democrat and worked on former President Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign, claims that the DSA is not truly Democratic. He accuses the DSA of antisemitism due to its support for the controversial boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. Some Jewish activists, including the Anti-Defamation League, view the BDS movement as a form of antisemitism aimed at economically destroying Israel. Sheinkopf’s super PAC spent about $200,000 in the final stretch of the mayoral election last year but was unable to prevent DSA member Zohran Mamdani from winning. Mamdani and other DSA members argue that their advocacy for Palestine and opposition to the Israeli government is not antisemitic.

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A veteran campaign strategist is repurposing his super PAC to block the expansion of the surging Democratic Socialists of America in New York. asserted

strategist → repurpose → York

“They’re not Democrats,” railed Hank Sheinkopf, founder of the political action committee Protect the Protectors. asserted

Sheinkopf → ’re → Protectors

“They want to take apart the American system.” asserted

They → want → system

PAC → stop → campaign

Sheinkopf, who worked on former President Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign and considers himself a moderate Democrat, accused the DSA of antisemitism in part because it supports the controversial boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. asserted

it → work → Israel

Members, including Mamdani, have also accused Israel of genocide in its ongoing military action in Gaza. asserted

Members → include → Gaza

Some Jewish activists, including the high-profile activist group Anti-Defamation League, consider the BDS movement a form of antisemitism aimed at economically destroying the world’s only Jewish state. asserted

movement → include → state

Mamdani and the DSA dispute that their pro-Palestinian advocacy and opposition to the Israeli government is antisemitic. asserted

advocacy → dispute → government

“It always starts with the Jews but it doesn’t end with the Jews,” Sheinkopf said. asserted

Sheinkopf → start → Jews

Sheinkopf said his group will build an apparatus to go door knocking and challenge DSA candidates in upcoming election cycles for state Legislature, City Council, Congress as well as citywide and statewide offices. asserted

group → say → Legislature

The strategist’s move comes as the DSA rides high off a series of wins across the country. asserted

DSA → come → country

DSA members not only hold the NYC mayor’s seat, but have four members in the City Council and will have 14 in the state Legislature and eight in the House of Representatives come January. asserted

members → hold → Representatives

Democratic socialists are already pressuring Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, who was just re-elected in a landslide, to “tax the rich” next year. asserted

who → pressure → rich

DSA candidate Nithya Raman last week also won the mayoralty of Los Angeles, America’s second largest city. asserted

Raman → win → Angeles

Meanwhile, democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being urged to run for president by some DSA allies in the group’s New York City chapter. asserted

Cortez → urge → chapter

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