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O'Reilly on rise of socialism: ‘We're living in a world of entitlement’
Key takeaways
- We re living in a world of entitlement, and we ll give you stuff, he said in an interview with News Nation s On Balance with Leland Vittert.
- Democratic socialists, whose ideals focus on the economy and affordability, have gained ground in races around the country, showing voters are willing to elect them.
- Host Leland Vittert asked O Reilly how socialist ideas gained traction in the U.S. nearly 250 years after its founding, comparing the movement to other periods of upheaval in American history.
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We re living in a world of entitlement, and we ll give you stuff, he said in an interview with News Nation s On Balance with Leland Vittert. And that s the way to power in this country. That s how you get power.
Democratic socialists, whose ideals focus on the economy and affordability, have gained ground in races around the country, showing voters are willing to elect them.
It became even more apparent when a slate of democratic socialist candidates, backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), won several Democratic House primaries in the Empire State, even against establishment Democrats and incumbents.
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