Ep. 2469 - Are We About To See A Massive GOP Comeback?!

July 22, 2026

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In a 2022 undercover video, a Washington, D.C. abortion clinic worker described letting a baby die after a failed late-term procedure, saying she was "scared of having to be stuck with" a live infant. That footage is now at the center of a congressional push for a Justice Department investigation. But the episode’s central argument is broader: the Democratic Socialists of America are not a bunch of well-meaning kids concerned about affordability, as Jon Stewart and Barack Obama have claimed. They are, Ben Shapiro argues, a revolutionary movement driven by educated, resentful people who hate America and use economic populism as cover for a destructive agenda.

The Real Base of the DSA: Overeducated Brokies

Shapiro rejects the idea that the DSA’s appeal is rooted in working-class economic anxiety. Instead, he points to data from Nate Silver’s analysis of the Cooperative Election Study. The most Democratic-leaning demographic in America, from 2016 to 2024, is voters with postgraduate degrees who earn between $30,000 and $60,000 a year. The most Republican-leaning group is high earners who never attended college. The DSA’s own 2021 member survey confirms this: 80% of members over 25 have bachelor’s degrees, but 45% have household incomes below $60,000.

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1 (00:01) **Opening & Thesis: The DSA’s True Nature** - Shapiro argues that the Democratic Socialists of America are not naive affordability advocates (as Jon Stewart claims), but are driven by a genuine hatred of America and the West.
2 (11:00) **The DSA’s Core Demographic: “Overeducated Brokies”** - Shapiro presents data from Nate Silver/538 and DSA member surveys to identify the core base: highly educated individuals with low incomes.
3 (15:32) **The Mechanism: Resentment as Fuel** - Explains that the “affordability” argument is a lever for power, not the core driver. The real engine is resentment from a system that overproduced useless degrees and debt.
4 (21:43) **The DSA’s Candidate Selection Problem** - The new standard for Democratic candidates is to be over-educated and poor, proving they have “skin in the game” against the system.
5 (24:47) **The Real Pitch: Tearing Down the System & Loserdum** - Shapiro argues the DSA’s energy is not about affordability but about identifying with failure and inverting reality, using the Palestinian cause as a moral litmus test.
6 (28:02) **The DSA’s Racial and Class Problem** - The core DSA base (over-educated, largely white, low-income) is too small to win without broader support, creating a vulnerability with black voters.
7 (32:41) **The GOP’s Strategic Mistake** - Shapiro argues that Republicans are wrong to fight the DSA solely on “affordability.” They must instead make a moral and intellectual case against the DSA’s evil and for free-market capitalism.

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Show Notes

Jon Stewart argues that the communists don’t mean what they say… but he’s either lying or stupid; we examine who’s leading the socialist uprising – and it ain’t the working poor; and we delve into what Republicans can do to fight for free markets.

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