adminOn the November 5, 2025 edition of Finnerty, Rob Finnerty sounded an alarm that every patriotic American needs to hear: we are witnessing a hostile and radical takeover of the Democratic Party. That is not hyperbole coming from a late-night pundit; it is a description rooted in what we just saw unfold at the ballot box and in the rhetoric of the party’s loudest voices. Hardworking families deserve leaders who defend the rule of law and opportunity, not ideologues promising to remake our country on the backs of taxpayers and small businesses.
The most glaring example came in New York City, where Zohran Mamdani — running on a democratic socialist platform of rent freezes, $30 minimum wages, and massive taxpayer-funded services — carried the day on November 4, 2025. Conservatives should be blunt: policies like fare-free transit and rent controls sound nice on social media, but they bankrupt cities, punish the middle class, and invite chaos in public safety. Mamdani’s victory is a signal, not an anomaly — a message that the party’s center of gravity has moved toward expensive spending, soft-on-crime stances, and cultural radicalism.
This shift isn’t limited to city hall. From vocal extremists in Congress to activists driving the party’s presidential messaging, Democrats increasingly celebrate identity politics and foreign entanglements that prioritize the grievances of noisy special interests over the needs of ordinary Americans. Whatever you think of faith or ethnicity, voters expect elected officials to put the Constitution and national security first; when leading Democrats cheer foreign causes or pronounce prayers and slogans on the campaign trail as central to their brand, reasonable Americans rightly worry where their loyalty lies. The left’s new coalition has made clear priorities: higher taxes, more mandates, and cultural concessions at every turn.
The policy consequences are already obvious: rising spending and regulatory aggression choke growth, permissive criminal-justice reforms leave citizens vulnerable, and open-border rhetoric invites waves of migration that strain schools, hospitals, and budgets. Democrats’ appetite for radical experiments — from weaponizing schools to expanding government-run services — threatens the economic stability families worked a lifetime to build. When cities talk about free buses and police-reform experiments while taxpayers are squeezed, the results are predictable: higher costs, fewer jobs, and streets that are less safe for mothers and children.
If the conservative movement has learned anything in recent years, it is that messaging matters. The left’s radicalism gives Republicans a powerful contrast to run on: common-sense economics, law and order, and a culture that honors faith, family, and free enterprise. But winning requires more than talking points; it requires bold candidates who will expose the costs of leftist programs in suburbs and swing districts. Voters are tired of media elites and coastal activists dictating national policy, and they will respond when Republicans make the case clearly and persistently.
Republican leaders and grassroots conservatives must also beware of complacency and internal division. The fight is not just against Democrats’ policies but against the Democrat machine that has welcomed and promoted extremists into positions of influence. That means priming the bench with principled conservatives, holding our own to high standards, and refusing to normalize radicalism as merely another “side” of politics. Americans deserve real choices — not a future in which every institution is reshaped by an activist agenda.
This is a moment for conservatives to stand tall and speak plainly: reclaim our cities, defend our borders, protect our children’s classrooms, and restore fiscal sanity to government. Rob Finnerty’s warning was a rallying cry, and every freedom-loving American should take it seriously. The America we love is worth fighting for, and this coming year must be the one where patriots do so with courage, clarity, and unwavering conviction.
