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Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, today's Democrat Party is being driven by extremists, and there is actually an extreme group that is driving the party further and further to the left. It is called the Democratic Socialists of America. Its membership is growing, its radical candidates are winning, and its far-left vision is spreading. You may see it happening in Michigan this coming Tuesday with their primary election.

This organization has issued a manifesto. That is right--a manifesto. In a recent interview with FOX News, the cochair of the Democratic Socialists of America admitted that this manifesto is filled with policies and politics that are extreme. She admitted it. Let me say it again. The cochair of the Democratic Socialists of America admitted on national television that their manifesto is filled with extreme policies. She has now become the face of today's Democrat Party all across the country.

She was asked whether her organization wants to abolish the U.S. Senate.

She said, ``True.''

She was asked whether they want to replace the Presidency and the Supreme Court.

She said, ``Yep.''

She was asked whether they want to abolish ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

She said, ``Absolutely.''

She was asked whether they want to abolish borders and give amnesty to every illegal immigrant in America, including illegal immigrant criminals.

She said, ``As a long-term plan, yep.''

She was asked whether they want to defund our military.

She replied, ``Absolutely.''

She was asked whether they want to abolish prisons.

She said, ``Yeah.''

She was asked whether they want government control of private companies.

She said, ``Yeah. Absolutely.''

There you have it. Those are some of the policies of the liberal left.

Today's Democrat Party is being driven by its activist wing. These are people who are radical, extreme, dangerous, and scary. They have put it in writing--they include it in their manifesto--and they are admitting it out loud on television.

Here in the U.S. Senate, Democrat Senators are embracing these radical policies. They are campaigning and will be campaigning this weekend for extremists in their parties. One sitting Democrat Senator, whose desk is right over there, said, clearly, we are seeing ``the future of the Democrat Party.''

Their manifesto is being reflected in the votes of the Democrats on this floor of the U.S. Senate.

For 65 years, the National Defense Authorization Act has passed with bipartisan support in the Senate. This month, every single Democrat in this body voted to block funding for our military. Our servicemembers are paying the price, and they are paying the price because the Democrats have turned to the radical left. Even the New York Times admits Democrats have crossed a red line by blocking defense funding.

The same radical agenda that targets America also targets our closest ally, Israel. One of the leaders of this anti-Israel campaign is the current mayor of New York City. He has called for the arrest of Israel's Prime Minister. This is exactly what their radical manifesto demands. The liberal, extreme mayor of New York City wants to hand over the Prime Minister of Israel to an unaccountable group called the International Criminal Court. It is not a real court. It lacks legitimacy. It lacks credibility. In its 24 years of existence, it has never charged a single leader of Iran for Iran's atrocities against the world. Yet this group claims the right to arrest and punish America's men and women in uniform.

The United States is not a member of the so-called International Criminal Court nor is Israel.

The mayor of New York City is a loyalist of the United Nations, not the United States.

From the campaign trail to the cloakroom of Congress, the far left has revealed its radical beliefs. Democrats are determined to tear down our country and tear up the Constitution. They want to open the borders and control the economy. They want to weaken our military and abandon Israel.

These policies would be disastrous for our Nation. There is no part of America that they do not want to destroy.

The American people reject Democrats' radical policies. The American people demand and deserve better.

Republicans are going to continue to fight for freedom, for liberty, and for continued American greatness.

As long as there is a Constitution, Republicans will not abolish the Senate. No State will lose its equal voice without its consent, and we will not silence the voice of the people who we represent.

Republicans will not end immigration enforcement. Our priority is safety for law-abiding citizens, not illegal immigrant criminals. Republicans will never allow America to become a sanctuary country. Republicans will not abolish prisons. Republicans will not release criminals back into our communities.

Democrats' pro-crime policies are dangerous, and they are dangerous all across the country.

We have a Constitution, and that Constitution and secure borders and law and order and military strength and economic freedom--they are not optional. They are the foundation of a free society, one that Democrats want to tear down.

Without these fundamental foundations of a free society, there really is no safety, no security, no prosperity, and no self-government. Republicans and most Americans know that. Without them, there is no United States of America.

Let me end where I began. Today's Democrat Party is being driven by the radical left. They have a movement. They have a manifesto. And they mean to do great harm to our country. We cannot allow it to happen.

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