First, it was Chicago. In 2023, voters narrowly elected socialist and teacher union lobbyist Brandon Johnson as mayor. Last November, New York City and Seattle elected socialist mayors. Now Washington D.C. has fallen.

Yesterday, it became clear that Janeese Lewis George, a member of Democratic Socialists of America, will be D.C.’s new mayor. Even worse, her DSC allies are poised to win every key race for City Council. As Axios puts it: “A lefty wave is poised to take charge.”

Her platform resembles something out of Cuba. Childcare for all, affordable utilities for all, arts and culture for all, reliable transportation for all. She proposed building 72,000 new rent-controlled housing units within five years – in a city where it costs over a million dollars to build each unit. Do the math. She hasn’t.

President Trump reminded Lewis George last week that the city is a federal district and ultimately under control of Congress. “Maybe we’d take back Washington, run it on a federal basis. We won’t put up with it. We’re not going to lose our businesses,” Trump told reporters.

We’ll have Democratic socialist regimes in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and Washington DC.