Texas’ Stealth Socialists

The 20 April New York Times article by Farah Stockman on the rise of Socialists in leftward American politics is proving to be quite the goldmine.

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According to the article, there are currently 17 Democratic Socialists of America running for office in Texas this year. Most of the candidates are not “officially” endorsed by the DSA and none of those that were endorsed have won their primaries.

Huh? Wait the DSA says it “has” 17 candidates in Texas, including Franklin Bynum. It is openly touting the existence of these candidacies as proof that Socialism is about to make a major comeback. At the same time, only six of these candidates were endorsed by the DSA.

Are they DSA or not?

Either the Democratic Socialists are claiming some non-Socialist candidates as their own, or those candidates are running in stealth mode.

We already pointed to the convenient arrangement between the DSA and the DNC as concerns party funding and the ballot. Socialists like Bynum can run as either Socialists or Democrats, but the funds they spend and the party affiliation voters see in the booth will give no indication of their Socialist leanings and will simply list the candidate as a member of the Democrat party.

We found a list of the candidates via a February 2018 Texas Observer article showing all 17 of the claimed candidates with the officially endorsed candidates in bold.

Steven Kling — Texas Senate District 25 — Won candidacy for Democratic party

Chantal Eldridge — 331st Criminal District Court - Travis County — Won candidacy for Democratic party

Rick Treviño — Congress TX-23 — Runoff

Jose 'Chito' Vela III — Texas House District 46 — Runoff

Danny Norris — Harris County Dept. of Education Board of Trustees, # 6 — Runoff

Fran Watson — Texas Senate District 17 — Runoff

Omar Kadir — Williamson County Treasurer — Won candidacy for Democratic party

Ernesto Gloria — Tarrant County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 — Won candidacy for Democratic party

Franklin Bynum — Harris County Criminal Court at Law 8 — Won candidacy for Democratic party

Jonasu Wagstaff — Williamson County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 — Won candidacy for Democratic party

Hunter Crow — Arlington TX ISD School Board Trustee pl. 5 — Lost primary

Lewis Conway Jr. — Austin City Council, District 1 —On the ballot

Irasema Hernandez — U.S. Senate — Lost primary

Derrick Crowe — Congress TX-21 — Lost primary

Ali Khorasani — Congress TX-2 — Lost Primary

Justin Snider — Congress TX-6 — Lost Primary

Tom Wakely — Texas Governor — Lost Primary

Candace Aylor — Texas House District 47 — Lost Primary

Susanna Woody — Travis County Commissioners' Court, Pct. 4 — Lost Primary

Mckinley Melancon — Travis County Criminal Court at Law 5 — Lost Primary

Again, it is odd the DSA, which served as the source for both the Texas Observer and the Failing NYT pieces, apparently, includes on its list of Texas Socialists candidates it does not endorse.

Deception is a partially at play. Why else would you try to inflate the size of your list of candidates with eight Socialists that have already lost their primaries by the time either article went to press?

And why would any organization include among its cohort Lewis Conway Jr., candidate of Austin City Council, and “reformed” murderer? Is the DSA so desperate to inflate its influence that it cannot be bothered to review the criminal background of those it claims are fellow Socialists?

Socialists lie. Everyone knows that. The problem with the 2018 Texas pinkos is that the lies are so numerous and so layered, they form a barrier of obfuscation through which there can be no hope of knowing the truth.

Take for example Steven Kling, candidate for Texas Senate District 25. On the surface he seems like a great choice: husband and father, and for all you middle of the road types, he has conservative cred as a former military man.

Yet, there is he is: on the list of Democratic Socialist candidates.

But if you go to his campaign website, there is no trace of the endorsement. A quick review of the website for Hays county “Democratic” candidate reveals not a single mention reference to the terms “Socialist”, “Socialism”, or “DSA.” The term “Democrat” however, does return numerous hits.

Read more of the special report, here.
https://www.defectio.com/news-center/2018/5/16/texas-stealth-socialists