梅拉特·基罗斯获得伯尼·桑德斯、奥卡西奥-科特兹和哈桑·皮克的支持，足以击败众议员戴安娜·德盖特
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社会主义民主党人在2026年初选中加剧党内分裂
蒂芙尼·斯迈利和理查德·福勒讨论民主党内部社会主义思潮的抬头，聚焦科罗拉多州初选及与美国民主社会主义者（DSA）结盟的候选人。
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据美联社报道，任职30年的科罗拉多州民主党众议员戴安娜·德盖特在周二晚间的一场备受关注的初选中，输给了一位获得美国民主社会主义者（DSA）支持的挑战者。
29岁的社会主义者梅拉特·基罗斯在以丹佛为核心的深蓝国会选区民主党初选中击败德盖特，周二晚间为社会主义左翼阵营拿下一场重大胜利。
此前一周，一批社会主义候选人在纽约市民主党初选中获胜，DSA一直试图将德盖特的败选作为其影响力不断扩大的证据。
“今天拿下东海岸，下周进军山区西部，”DSA上周在社交媒体帖子中写道。
2024年1月10日，华盛顿特区，众议员戴安娜·德盖特在美国国会大厦外的新闻发布会上发言。（塞缪尔·科拉姆/盖蒂图片社）
社会主义支持者为初选中的“冲击波”胜利欢呼，DSA支持的候选人在各地获胜晋级
如果在11月的大选中当选，出生于埃塞俄比亚的基罗斯将有望加入被称为“小队”的极左翼团体，成为国会众议院中直言不讳的社会主义议员之一。
这位千禧一代挑战者获得了佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯、纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹，以及反现任左翼组织正义民主党人的背书。有争议的社会主义流媒体主播哈桑·皮克——他曾称哈马斯“比以色列好一千倍”并赞扬中国共产党——也支持了基罗斯的颠覆性初选竞选。
德盖特是国会进步党团成员，支持废除移民海关执法局（ICE），她试图通过展示自己的左翼资质来争取第16个众议院任期。她辩称，自己在众议院一个有影响力的委员会中的资深地位将使她能够推动全民医保立法——这是该党极左翼阵营长期以来的优先事项。
获得前国会进步党团主席、华盛顿州民主党众议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔背书的德盖特，还强调了自己在2021年特朗普第二次弹劾审判中担任弹劾经理的经历。
尽管德盖特和基罗斯在政策上分歧不大，但他们在以色列和反犹太主义问题上存在严重分歧。基罗斯还尖锐批评德盖特接受企业政治行动委员会（PAC）的捐款。
基罗斯是一名博士生和律师，2023年因发表一封公开信被纽约一家律所解雇，该信辩称呼吁消灭以色列的亲巴勒斯坦学生抗议者并非反犹太主义者，并似乎为哈马斯辩护。
2026年5月28日，丹佛，梅拉特·基罗斯在蒙特维尤长老会教堂参加的第一国会选区妇女联盟国会候选人论坛上发言。（RJ·桑戈斯蒂/媒体新闻集团/《丹佛邮报》）
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她还将2023年10月7日针对犹太国家的袭击描述为“种族隔离制度不可避免的后果”，并拒绝将去年博尔德市敦促释放哈马斯在加沙扣押的人质的抗议者遭致命纵火袭击事件定性为反犹太主义行为。
“我不知道肇事者心里在想什么，”基罗斯在最近一次接受科罗拉多州9频道电视台采访时表示。“我只知道他因为人们可能持有的信仰而去袭击无辜者。”
2025年6月的一项两党决议谴责此次袭击是“针对犹太个人的意识形态动机袭击抬头”的一部分，该决议获得了所有在场议员的支持，只有密歇根州民主党众议员拉希达·特莱布和肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西投了弃权票。
基罗斯还曾暗示美国应为9/11事件负责。
当被问及是否认为恐怖袭击是“美国外交政策不可避免的后果”时，基罗斯告诉9频道：“从不可避免的意义上来说，我们破坏了中东很多地区的稳定，迫使人们认为另一场暴力行为是唯一的回应方式。”
“再说一次，就像我之前说的，我们的责任是首先消除那些导致暴力的条件，”基罗斯补充道。
德盖特认为，基罗斯对皮克的支持以及她关于反犹太主义和9/11的言论是不合格的。
“我感到震惊和厌恶，基罗斯竟然加倍为恐怖主义和谋杀无辜者找借口，”这位任职30年的议员本月早些时候在脸书上写道。
2026年5月13日，加拿大温哥华，流媒体主播兼创作者哈桑·皮克在温哥华会议中心举行的Web Summit温哥华峰会第二天的新闻发布会上发言。（萨姆·巴恩斯/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images）
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科罗拉多州第一国会选区是该州最自由的选区，2024年以56个百分点的优势支持前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯。
科罗拉多大学董事会成员万达·詹姆斯也在竞选德盖特的席位，这进一步打乱了初选格局。尽管詹姆斯对基罗斯构不成同等威胁，但她的得票率最终可能影响选举结果。
Socialism goes west as DSA-backed challenger ousts longtime Democrat
Melat Kiros’ support from Bernie Sanders, AOC and Hasan Piker proves enough to defeat Rep. Diana DeGette
2026-07-01 12:05am EDT / Fox News
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Published July 1, 2026 12:05am EDT | Updated July 1, 2026 12:27am EDT
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Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., a 30-year incumbent, lost to a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed challenger in a high-profile primary on Tuesday evening.
Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old socialist, defeated DeGette in a Democratic primary for a deep-blue House seat anchored in Denver, according to The Associated Press, scoring a major victory for the socialist left on Tuesday evening.
The DSA had been aiming to cast DeGette’s loss as evidence of its growing momentum after a slate of socialist candidates won Democratic primaries in New York City last week.
“Today, the East Coast, next week the Mountain West,” the DSA wrote in a social media post last week.
Rep. Diana DeGette speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10, 2024.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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If elected in November, Kiros, who was born in Ethiopia, will likely join the ranks of the far-left group known as the Squad and become one of a handful of the House chamber’s outspoken socialists.
The millennial challenger was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and the anti-incumbent leftist organization Justice Democrats. Controversial socialist streamer Hasan Piker, who has said Hamas is “a thousand times better” than Israel and praised the Chinese Communist Party, also backed Kiros’ insurgent primary run.
DeGette, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus who supports abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), sought to win a 16th House term by flexing her leftist bona fides. She argued her seniority on an influential House committee would allow her to push for Medicare-for-All legislation — a longtime priority of the party’s far-left flank.
DeGette, who was endorsed by former CPC Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., also spotlighted her experience as an impeachment manager during Trump’s second impeachment trial in 2021.
Though DeGette and Kiros shared few policy disagreements, they diverged sharply over Israel and antisemitism. Kiros also sharply criticized DeGette for accepting corporate PAC contributions.
Kiros, a PhD student and lawyer, was fired from a New York firm in 2023 after publishing an open letter, arguing that pro-Palestinian student protesters calling for the elimination of Israel were not antisemitic and appearing to defend Hamas.
Melat Kiros participated in a League of Women Voters Congressional District 1 candidate forum at Montview Presbyterian Church in Denver on May 28, 2026.(RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post)
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She has also described the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks against the Jewish state as the “inevitable consequence of apartheid” and declined to characterize the deadly firebombing of protesters in Boulder last year who were urging the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza as antisemitic.
“I don’t know what was in the heart of the perpetrator,” Kiros told Colorado’s 9News in a recent television interview. “All I know is that he went and attacked innocent people because of what they might have believed.”
A June 2025 bipartisan resolution condemning the attack as part of a “rise in ideologically motivated attacks on Jewish individuals” won every present lawmaker’s support, except for Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who voted present.
Kiros has also suggested the United States deserved 9/11.
“Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East that forced people to believe that another act of violence was the only response,” Kiros told 9News when asked if she thought the terror attack was “the inevitable consequence of American foreign policy.”
“And again, just like I said before, our responsibility is to get rid of those conditions that lead to violence in the first place,” Kiros continued.
DeGette argued that Kiros’ embrace of Piker and her comments about antisemitism and 9/11 were disqualifying.
“I’m shocked and disgusted that Kiros is doubling down on excusing terrorism and the murder of innocent people,” the 30-year incumbent wrote on Facebook earlier this month.
Streamer and creator Hasan Piker speaks at a press conference during day two of Web Summit Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada, on May 13, 2026.(Sam Barnes/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images)
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Colorado’s 1st Congressional District is the most liberal seat in the state and voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris by 56 points in 2024.
The primary fight was further scrambled by University of Colorado Regent Wanda James, also running for DeGette’s seat. Though James did not pose the same threat as Kiros, her vote share could ultimately have swayed the contest.
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