Stupid is as stupid does, but it can also be strategic

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Start with this:

That adds a new factor to consider when watching these morons below apparently struggle to answer hard questions about DSA’s goals and their implications; not all of these communists may be as dumb as they sound, and certainly the puppet masters aren’t.

(cont.) "But shouldn't you?"

Romer: "Ummmmm, that's a good question."

Remnick: "If you're the co-chair of the DSA, shouldn't you be more specific than just taxing the hell out of something? What exactly do you mean?"

Romer: "So again, it's democracy, right?…" This is the Democrat party 'Big Tent.'

MAHER: “Two stories from this week, I think, will show you that this has now infected our political discourse.

Megan Romer, she is the co-chair of the DSA. She was on David Remnick’s podcast, and she talked about taxing the hell out of them. And he said, what do you mean by that? And she said, well, you know, I don’t really have a solid, and then just dribbled off. And he said, ‘But shouldn’t you? Shouldn’t you be more specific about what taxing the hell means?’ They don’t know anything.”

JEREMY PETERS: “By the way, there’s been a slew of interviews just like this where candidates who represent the Democratic Socialists of America have really struggled to articulate how they don’t subscribe to communism, whether or not they really believe in Marxism, and basic facts about how their ideology would help them govern the United States out of this affordability crisis.”

“By and large, a lot of these candidates come out of the activist wing of the party... They’re very into reading Karl Marx and left-wing theory, and we’ve seen time and time again that a lot of them just don’t withstand the scrutiny.”

The DSA’s Marxist Unity Group caucus states its own goal is to create “a fully liberated classless society. In a word, communism.” When they tell you who they are, believe them.

And:

Socialist leader “Doctor” Francis Gill squirms during TV interview when forced to address push to abolish prisons, police

DSA's Frances Gill said she wanted to avoid hypotheticals when pressed on what would happen to a rapist

A socialist leader squirmed during a tense Sunday interview after a local California television anchor pressed her on the real-life ramifications of the radical party's calls to abolish police and prisons.

In an interview with NBC 4 Los Angeles, anchor Conan Nolan posed pointed questions to Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) National Political Committee Member Frances Gill on the topics of law enforcement, immigration and the movement's other far-left proposals.

After a brief back-and-forth over what defunding the police means and how that would be applied in practice, Gill resorted to deflecting by refusing to engage in 'hypotheticals.'

"What we really want to see is a horizon where folks are not reliant on armed enforcement to meet our public safety needs," Gill conceded.

"Right, but it says 'defund police' on your website — that's your goal — and also to get rid of prisons and jails, correct?" he pressed, to which Gill answered affirmatively.

"So if my daughter is assaulted and raped, is there any agency that would seek to find her assailant and bring him to justice?" asked Nolan.

"Of course, yeah of course—" said Gill before the host jumped back in with a follow-up question.

"What would it be if not police and where would he be if not a jail?" asked Nolan.

"So I guess I really want to avoid getting caught into these hypotheticals and talk about the reality that we're actually facing right now," Gill dodged.

That reality, she said, is the city spending "outrageous amounts on police and policing," instead of addressing real issues plaguing Los Angeles. She suggested that the lack of street lights, substance abuse treatment and mental healthcare are all contributing to a lack of public safety and rise in crime.

…. On the issue of border security, Gill became defensive and questioned whether Nolan was acting in "good faith" when he quizzed her about whether there would be any border security if, like the DSA promotes, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was abolished.

"I guess I don't understand why we kind of constantly get pinned on these particular questions when the immediate reality of the situation is that immigration enforcement is absolutely out of control, needs to be addressed immediately and we know that in Los Angeles, like, more than almost any other city in the country," she said.