A former member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Jake Altman, has claimed that communist and Leninist factions have effectively taken control of the organisation, and warned that similar tactics could be used to influence the Democratic Party more broadly. His remarks, made in a Fox News interview, add to a wider debate within American politics about the growing visibility of democratic socialist figures and their relationship with the mainstream Democratic Party.

Altman pointed to internal DSA developments, including the removal of a provision that had previously barred Leninists from membership, as evidence of the group's radicalisation by more extreme, communist-aligned caucuses. The article situates his comments within a broader Fox News narrative featuring other Democratic figures, such as Representative Henry Cuellar, who has also pushed back against the DSA's agenda and accused socialists of seeking to co-opt the party for their own ends.