CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 5, 2026
IF YOU HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION – AND YOU SHOULD BECAUSE ONLY THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY IS AT STAKE – PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE BEING HELD IN SEVERAL STATES TODAY. EVEN IF YOUR STATE ISN’T ONE OF THEM YOU SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE THE THREAT OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM WILL SOON BE NATIONWIDE.
ESPECIALLY IN MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN AND A VERY LIBERAL PART OF COLORADO, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS ARE RUNNING FOR SENATE AND HOUSE SEATS. THEY WANT TO ABOLISH THE SENATE, EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT AND ELIMINATE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD ERASE THE CONSTITUTION AND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
THEY WANT MEDICARE FOR ALL, WHICH SOUNDS GOOD TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FEEL ENTITLED TO EVERYTHING THEY DON’T CARE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR IT.
SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE RUNNING – LIKE ABDUL AL-SAYED IN MICHIGAN – ARE MUSLIMS, WHICH INTRODUCES ANOTHER DANGER AS WE ARE SEEING WITH NEW YORK CITY’S MUSLIM AND ANTI-SEMETIC MAYOR, ZOHRAN MAMDANI.
IN AN 1814 LETTER TO JOHN TAYLOR, JOHN ADAMS WARNED: “DEMOCRACY NEVER LASTS LONG. IT SOON WASTES, EXHAUSTS, AND MURDERS ITSELF. THERE NEVER WAS A DEMOCRACY YET THAT DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE.” ADAMS ARGUED THAT UNCHECKED HUMAN PASSIONS LEAD TO SELF-DESTRUCTION. ADAMS WAS RIGHT. I’M CAL THOMAS.