Socialist House candidate says he agrees with Republicans on 'one issue'
A socialist candidate vying to unseat a sitting House Democrat says there is "one issue" he agrees with Republicans on.Michigan state lawmaker Donavan McKinney is among the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members giving establishment Democrats a run for their money across the country ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in November.Members of the group have shown that they're a potent force among the left's base voters, while also working to appeal to the same working-class, anti-establishment sentiment that helped President Donald Trump get elected in 2016.DSA MEMBER LEADS DEM PRIMARY IN MIDWEST BATTLEGROUND BUT TRAILS LIKELY GOP NOMINEE: POLLThe latest evidence of that is McKinney's tease in a recent interview with Zeteo News, "I gotta give Republicans — I agree with them on this one issue. The one issue is waste, fraud, and abuse."But he differed with the GOP on where that's coming from."Republicans' analysis is there's waste, fraud, and abuse when it comes to the poor.
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A socialist candidate vying to unseat a sitting House Democrat says there is "one issue" he agrees with Republicans on.Michigan state lawmaker Donavan McKinney is among the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members giving establishment Democrats a run for their money across the country ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in November.Members of the group have shown that they're a potent force among the left's base voters, while also working to appeal to the same working-class, anti-establishment sentiment that helped President Donald Trump get elected in 2016.DSA MEMBER LEADS DEM PRIMARY IN MIDWEST BATTLEGROUND BUT TRAILS LIKELY GOP NOMINEE: POLLThe latest evidence of that is McKinney's tease in a recent interview with Zeteo News, "I gotta give Republicans — I agree with them on this one issue. The one issue is waste, fraud, and abuse."But he differed with the GOP on where that's coming from."Republicans' analysis is there's waste, fraud, and abuse when it comes to the poor. It's kind of like, you know, voting fraud. There's like .0001%, like very small percentage of folks, poor people, take advantage of the system," McKinney said.
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- A socialist candidate vying to unseat a sitting House Democrat says there is "one issue" he agrees with Republicans on.Michigan state lawmaker Donavan McKinney is among the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members giving establishment Democrats a run for their money across the country ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in November.Members of the group have shown that they're a potent force among the left's base voters, while also working to appeal to the same working-class, anti-establishment sentiment that helped President Donald Trump get elected in 2016.DSA MEMBER LEADS DEM PRIMARY IN MIDWEST BATTLEGROUND BUT TRAILS LIKELY GOP NOMINEE: POLLThe latest evidence of that is McKinney's tease in a recent interview with Zeteo News, "I gotta give Republicans — I agree with them on this one issue. The one issue is waste, fraud, and abuse."But he differed with the GOP on where that's coming from."Republicans' analysis is there's waste, fraud, and abuse when it comes to the poor.
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