The DSA have been very smart & very deliberate. They are a party: the Democratic Socialists of America. They even call themsels democtratic solcialists, but they do not run as that party. We've had many 3rd parties for decades & they never get anyr eal traction. They know this & when they run, they always run as Democrats.
This has gotten tehm the party supprot, including money & endorsements. And the dems have been so hungry for power they've seen it as a need to get any warm body with a D next to their name that they can into a seat.
The entire time the DSA has had no intentions of being democrats, supporting democrats, changing their positions to match democrats or anything like that. They have fully intended to take over the party & just get rid of the actual democrats.
Now they've had enough success that they're being quite open about this. Some dems are finally seeing, some are so stupid they're still endorsing these people. Tem Obame (Hakeen Jeffries) being an obvious example, he just endorsed an open communist last week. One who is very clear now that good ole Temu must go
But then he never has been very bright, so there's that
It started in NYC with AOC, then her 3 "squad" members. Now they've added 3 more wins in NY, are winning in MI, MN and CO, just to name 3 examples. This cancer is spreading