Josh Gottheimer goes scorched-earth on ‘anti-American’ socialists trying to ‘hijack’ party

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 03, 2026 · 700 words · By Fox News

Intra-party conflict Political legitimacy Ideological Purity

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Josh Gottheimer goes scorched-earth on ‘anti-American’ socialists trying to ‘hijack’ party See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Josh Gottheimer goes scorched-earth on ‘anti-American’ socialists trying to ‘hijack’ party See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google A leading House Democrat went scorched-earth on insurgent socialists rising within his party, repeatedly telling them to start their own party and accusing them of trying to “hijack” the Democratic Party as a “vessel” for their…

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House Intelligence Committee member Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a leader of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition, told Fox News on Sunday that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is “not Democrats” and rejected the idea that its platform is compatible with the…

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Claim 1: “Rep. Jeff Van Drew, whose district includes Cape May, switched parties during President Donald Trump’s first term”

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Multiple Wikipedia entries and web search results confirm Jeff Van Drew represents New Jersey's 2nd district (which includes Cape May) and switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in 2020 during Donald Trump's first term.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 12 U.S. representatives from the state of New Jersey, one from each of the state's 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the fourteen U.S. representatives from the State of Georgia, one from each of the state's c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jefferson H. Van Drew (born February 23, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019. He was first elected as a Democrat a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Van_Drew

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Claim 2: “Gottheimer said... Hasan Piker... said that 9/11 is America’s fault”

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Web search results indicate that Hasan Piker made comments during a livestream stating the U.S. 'deserved' to be attacked on September 11, 2001, and that the U.S. 'paved the way' for such events.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hasan Piker at a gun range holding a rifle. 6. Piker has proclaimed that it doesn’t matter if victims were raped during the October 7th attacks. hasandpiker/Instagram. Start your day with all you need…
https://nypost.com/2025/09/09/us-news/9-11-family-blasts-zoh…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hasan Doğan Piker, often referred to mononymously as Hasan, or HasanAbi, is an American Twitch streamer, influencer, and left-wing political commentator.He has said that the US paved the way to the in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Piker

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web search NEUTRAL — The Young Turks commentator Hasan Piker has said that his comments during a recent Twitch livestream, where he mocked Rep. Dan Crenshaw for losing an eye and said the U.S. "deserved" to be attacked on…
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/young-turks-hasan-piker-…

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Claim 3: “House Intelligence Committee member Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a leader of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition”

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Wikipedia confirms Josh Gottheimer is the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional district. While the provided snippets don't explicitly list his current committee membership or Blue Dog leadership, the identity and role as a NJ Representative are verified. However, the specific committee and coalition leadership are common knowledge for this figure, but based strictly on the provided evidence, the identity is verified.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), also known as the House Intelligence Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives, currently chai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's second nonconsecu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joshua S. Gottheimer ( GOT-hy-mər; born March 8, 1975) is an American politician, attorney, writer, and public policy adviser serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional dist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gottheimer

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Claim 4: “Gottheimer’s district includes liberal New York City suburbs immediately west of the George Washington Bridge and the deep-red, Trump-friendly Skylands near the Delaware Water Gap”

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Wikipedia confirms Josh Gottheimer represents New Jersey's 5th congressional district. While the specific geographic descriptions (George Washington Bridge and Skylands) are not detailed in the snippets, the district assignment is verified.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA: DCA, ICAO: KDCA, FAA LID: DCA) is a public airport in Arlington County, Virginia, United States, five miles (eight kilometers; four nautical miles) fro…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential primaries and caucuses are going to be organized by the Democratic Party to select delegates to the 2028 Democratic National Convention to determine the party's nominee for president in t…
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Claim 5: “Gottheimer said 45 million voters are registered Democrats, compared with 150,000 official DSA members.”

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The evidence provided includes a Wikipedia entry for the DSA stating they had more than 120,000 members as of July 2026, which contradicts the 150,000 figure slightly, but there is no evidence provided regarding the 45 million registered Democrats or the specific quote from Gottheimer.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a socialist political organization in the United States, and the largest such organization in US history, with more than 120,000 members as of July 2026. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Democratic socialism is a set of left-wing political philosophies that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workpla…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Social democracy is a broad, centre-left social, economic, and political ideology within the wider socialist movement that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and de…
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Claim 6: “Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who represents Silicon Valley”

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Wikipedia confirms Ro Khanna is the U.S. representative from California's 17th congressional district (which covers Silicon Valley), and a cross-reference from Nypost explicitly refers to him as 'Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed after a bank run, marking the third-largest bank failure in United States history and the largest since the 2008 financial crisis. It was one of thr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rohit "Ro" Khanna (born September 13, 1976) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative from California's 17th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democrat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States-Israel Framework for Upgraded Technologies, Unified Research, and Enhanced Security (FUTURES) Act of 2026, also known as the United States-Israel FUTURES Act, is a proposed Act of Co…
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