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(DC Pundit) – If you thought the Democratic Socialist takeover was only a New York problem, think again. The far-left insurgency claimed another scalp Tuesday night, this time deep in the heart of Colorado.
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros toppled Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District Democratic primary, the latest victory for the insurgent left wing of the party over an entrenched incumbent. DeGette had served in Congress since 1997, nearly three decades, making her Colorado’s longest-serving member of the House. Kiros, a 29-year-old Ph.D. student and political newcomer.
Kiros earned backing from key left-leaning groups including the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, the Colorado Working Families Party, Justice Democrats, and the Sunrise Movement, and received a major endorsement from progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders. Crazy Bernie, right on cue, riding in to bless the next generation of socialists. At this point, Sanders endorsing DSA candidates is as reliable as the sunrise.
Decision Desk HQ projects Melat Kiros wins the CO US House 1 Democratic Primary#DecisionMade: 10:31 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/ExYwfWhKv3
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) July 1, 2026
Melat Kiros has shown she is not afraid to stand up to corrupt special interests like AIPAC and Big Pharma. She's exactly the kind of bold leader we need in Congress.
If you haven’t already, get out and vote for @MelatKirosCO for Colorado's First District. pic.twitter.com/x53142HypU
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 28, 2026
So who exactly is Melat Kiros? Kiros, who moved to the U.S. from Ethiopia, faced controversy over her criticism of Democrats who support Israel and her alliance with socialist political commentator Hasan Piker. That’s quite a coalition to be running on. But the controversies don’t stop there.
When pressed by 9News journalist Kyle Clark on her views regarding the October 7 Hamas massacre, which she described as “an inevitable consequence of apartheid, of occupation, decades of occupation,” Clark followed up and asked whether she believed the 9/11 attacks were also an inevitable result of American foreign policy. Her answer was illuminating. “Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East, which led people to believe that another act of violence was the only response. And again, just like I said before, our responsibility is to get rid of those conditions that lead to violence in the first place,” Kiros said. Got it. So according to the woman Denver just sent to Congress, al-Qaeda had reasons. Good to know.
Socialist candidate Melat Kiros, who was born in Ethiopia, is about to beat 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette in the Democrat primary for Colorado's 1st Congressional District.
Here she is saying that 9/11 was America's fault. pic.twitter.com/2uHNYfeASX
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 1, 2026
Then there’s the socialism question. When asked what she’d say to Democratic primary voters who don’t identify as socialists, Kiros didn’t exactly pivot to the center. Instead, she argued America is already socialist, pointing to public infrastructure as proof. “We have socialism already. It’s in the roads we drive on, the schools we send our kids to, the fire stations we call upon. I’m just asking that we extend that security to our healthcare, to our housing, to our nutritional food, to our higher education so that we’re actually meeting the basic needs of everyday working families in this country,” Kiros said. Roads and fire departments are now the gateway drug to a socialist utopia, apparently.
Melat Kiros: “We have socialism already. It’s in the roads we drive on, the schools we send our kids to, the fire stations we call upon. I’m just asking that we extend that security to our healthcare, to our housing, to our nutritional food, to our higher education so that we’re… pic.twitter.com/FmmWqWzLsR
— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) June 28, 2026
Kiros’ victory in Colorado marks another massive win for the Democratic Socialists of America, coming just one week after two DSA-endorsed candidates won their Democratic primary contests for House races in New York City. The pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. The DSA is methodically picking off establishment Democrats one by one, and the party that spent years calling Republicans “extreme” is now fielding candidates who think 9/11 was America’s fault and that socialism just needs better marketing.
In November, Kiros will face Republican Christy Peterson, who works in office management and accounting at a construction company. The 1st District is heavily blue, so the math isn’t pretty for Republicans this cycle. But every time a candidate like Kiros wins a primary, the Democratic Party takes another hard step left.
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