Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters is warning that if the Democratic Party captures Congress this November, it will hand the keys of power directly to radical antisemites who pose a direct threat to the American Jewish community.
In an address to the Republican Jewish Coalition leadership summit in Las Vegas on Monday, Gruters plans to sound the alarm on what he describes as a full-scale takeover of the Democratic establishment by far-Left zealots. The New York Post published excerpts from the planned remarks in which he warns that a Democratic majority would empower the most extreme elements of the opposition.
“The people in charge would not be the moderate Democrats who have occasionally pushed back on antisemitism — it would be the squad. It would be the DSA [Democratic Socialists of America],” Gruters is set to declare. “It would be the people who looked at October 7 and stood with Hamas.”
Gruters will posit that hostility toward Israel and Jew-hatred have been permanently made part of the Democratic brand.
“Radical extremists took over the party — and the Democrat leaders let them,” he warns in the prepared remarks, arguing the shift didn’t happen by accident.
To back up his warnings, Gruters is set to point directly to the DSA, which has exploded in its clout in the Democratic Party. Fresh off major electoral wins, including the election of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the DSA has transformed from a fringe faction into a major electoral machine.
Mamdani failed to swiftly condemn Hamas following the brutal October 7 terrorist attacks that slaughtered 1,200 people. On his very first day in office, he stripped away former Mayor Eric Adams’ executive order aimed at fighting antisemitism and dismantled safeguards against anti-Israel procurement practices. Mamdani has also repeatedly faced criticism for vetoing police protection perimeters around schools during a historic spike in anti-Jewish hate crimes, and recently drew outrage from over 700 Jewish clergy members after he labeled AIPAC “monsters” who move “dark money.”
Gruters will also call out high-profile Democratic figures including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). Tlaib was formally censured by the House of Representatives after doubling down on the controversial “from the river to the sea” slogan and pushing false claims about Israeli military strikes. Omar has espoused tropes regarding Jewish influence and money. Meanwhile, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed recently scrambled to apologize after brush-off comments describing an attack on a synagogue preschool as merely an incident in which “hurt people hurt people.”
Famed Jewish playwright David Mamet has ripped the Democratic party, urging Jewish voters to abandon the Democrats and calling out the “sick thrill of antisemitism” taking root on the Left.
Even official definitions underscore the rift. While the Biden administration adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which includes demonizing Israel or applying double standards, the DSA’s national platform has moved in the opposite direction. At its national convention, the DSA made anti-Zionism a mandatory litmus test, requiring candidates to back the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and threatening expulsion for members who affirm Israel’s right to defend itself. Across the nation, DSA leadership, youth wings, and local chapters have openly praised “decolonization” and “resistance” in the wake of terrorist atrocities.
Gruters is set to note that the GOP is putting up strong candidates to fight for Jewish communities, highlighting competitive races in New York like Republican Rep. Mike Lawler in the Hudson Valley and Michael LiPetri on Long Island.
“These are not isolated incidents. They are the pattern,” Gruters will warn. “The radical Left has officially taken over the Democrat Party.”
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