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How our ‘new’ Democratic Party is really a blast from the Jacobin past

Nypost · · 771 words · By Victor Davis Hanson
French Revolution Comparison Democratic Party Ideology Political polarization
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17 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Presidents like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy all supported strong defense and military deterrence.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the presidents' terms or unrelated search results. There is no specific evidence provided in the gathered results that explicitly confirms their shared support for 'strong defense and military deterrence' as a collective policy stance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II which ended the following year. The Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roos…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988) was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman. He served as a United States congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt_Jr.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The third presidential term of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on January 20, 1941, when he was once again inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, and the fourth term of his presidency end…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Franklin_D._Roos…
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“The only vestigial Democrat left in Congress is Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman”
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The claim that John Fetterman is the 'only vestigial Democrat left in Congress' who represents a 'traditional platform' is a matter of political opinion and subjective interpretation of what constitutes a 'traditional platform'. This cannot be factually verified or disproven.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president for a term of four years. In the 2024 elections, then-former preside…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gisele Barreto Fetterman (née Barreto Almeida; born February 27, 1982) is a Brazilian-born American activist and nonprofit executive. She is a founder of the non-profit Freestore 15104 and a co-founde…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisele_Barreto_Fetterman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Karl Fetterman ( FET-ər-mən; born August 15, 1969) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2023. A member of the Democrat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman
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“today, he can become the party’s nominee for the Maine Senate race [referring to a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo]”
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Multiple independent sources (Associated Press, Snopes, and Wikipedia) confirm that Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the Maine Senate, had a tattoo recognized as a Nazi symbol, which he has since covered.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Maine will be held November 3, 2026. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins is running for re-election to a sixth term. A Democratic primary is sched…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Graham Cunningham Platner (born September 1, 1984) is an American oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Maine, see…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Platner
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Patrick Little (born 1984) is an American neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, best known for his bid for the Republican nomination in the 2018 United States Senate election in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Little_(neo-Nazi)
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“these new Jacobins have institutionalized racially separate college dorms and graduation ceremonies, along with hiring and promoting on the basis of race.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the letter 'U'. No relevant evidence regarding college dorms or hiring practices was provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others world…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
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web search NEUTRAL — On calendars, U is most times a short letter for Sunday, for use when S is being used for Saturday. In chemistry, U is the symbol for uranium. Sometimes used as a short form of "you". It is the sevent…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 21, 2018 · Letter U song.This alphabet song will help your children learn letter recognition and the sign language for the letter U. This super-catchy and clear alphabe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_thAFRgoWA
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“The new Jacobins destroyed the southern border and welcomed in 10 million to 12 million illegal aliens”
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The claim of 10-12 million illegal aliens is found in a ZeroHedge article, but other sources provide different figures (e.g., All County Gazette mentions 'over 7 million'). There is no consensus on the specific number provided in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Party is a liberal political party in the United States, sitting on the center to center-left of the political spectrum. Founded in 1828, it is the world's oldest active political party…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_State…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Democratic backsliding has been identified as a trend in the United States at the state and national levels in various indices and analyses, primarily during the Jim Crow era, and in the 21st century …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — US economic performance has consistently varied by the political party of the US President. According to many economic metrics (including job creation, GDP growth, stock market returns, personal incom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_by_p…
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“Bill Clinton’s 1990s calls for secure borders and an end to illegal immigration.”
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Multiple sources confirm Bill Clinton's 1990s efforts to secure borders, including the implementation of 'Operation Gatekeeper' (Wikipedia) and a 1995 address to the House Floor calling for stronger borders (YouTube/American Presidency Project).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (née Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat. She served as Secretary of State in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 20…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, developed a social and professional relationship with financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that began in the early 1990s and continue…
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“Radical New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani grew up as a rich Ugandan.”
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Wikipedia confirms Zohran Mamdani is the Mayor of NYC. The New York Times and other fact-check sources discuss his family's roots in Uganda and the wealth of the South Asian community there from which his family originated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani
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web search NEUTRAL — In Uganda, the South Asian community is wealthier on average than Black Ugandans, and in some cases, spectacularly wealthy. In 1972, the country’s despotic ruler Idi Amin expelled thousands of South A…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/world/zohran-mamdani-ukra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’ |and immigrant histories — spanning India, Uganda, South Africa and the United States — shaped the f…
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/zohran-mamdani-upb…
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“Self-described communist Maine senatorial candidate Graham Platner attended one of the nation’s most elite and expensive prep schools.”
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Two independent web reports explicitly state that Graham Platner attended an elite Connecticut boarding academy costing more than $75,000 a year.
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web search NEUTRAL — Graham Cunningham Platner is an American oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for US Senate in Maine, aiming to unseat incumbent Republican senator S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Platner
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web search NEUTRAL — Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, a self-described “working-class Mainer,” attended one of the nation’s most exclusive prep schools — a Connecticut boarding academy charging more than …
https://www.aol.com/news/report-graham-working-class-platner…
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web search NEUTRAL — Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, the self-described "working class Mainer," attended an elite boarding school in Connecticut that costs upwards of $75,000 a year.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/working-class-graham-platne…
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“When avowed socialists Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders barnstormed the country, they did so via private jets.”
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““Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar can’t decide whether she’s worth $30 million or nothing.”
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“Hard-left California gubernatorial candidate and radical environmentalist Tom Steyer is a billionaire who jump-started his fortune by investing in coal plants overseas and offshoring profits to avoid taxes.”
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“At least 10 states are drafting laws to tax the net worth as well as the income of “billionaires and millionaires,””
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“Mamdani taps on the window of philanthropist Ken Griffin as a warning to get out of town.”
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“The mayor of Seattle scoffs at the rich leaving her state with their billions due to new punitive taxes, offering a sarcastic “Bye.””
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“Hasan Piker, another multimillionaire, $200,000 Porsche-driving communist, has openly supported “social murder” and essentially praised Luigi Mangione’s targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.”
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“The arsonist who burned down Pacific Palisades was a Mangione acolyte”
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“Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness.”
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