Jul 23, 2026
In the race for mayor of Washington, Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George emerged as the Democratic Party’s primary nominee, part of a growing trend of establishment Democrats losing ground to DSA-backed candidates with momentum and enthusiasm on their side.
Defeated candidate Gary Goodweather calls it a warning sign for cities everywhere, and joins Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to share his own policy solutions on crime, housing, and energy that he says got drowned out by ideology.