Former DSA Board Member Jake Altman Denounces Group's 2019 Maduro Defense
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 19
Former DSA Board Member Jake Altman Denounces Group's 2019 Maduro Defense
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 19
Summary
Jake Altman, a former Boston DSA executive board member, said he left after concluding the group was pushing a “frightening” agenda and silencing internal dissent.
A 2019 DSA statement on Venezuela became a breaking point for Altman, who said members defended Nicolas Maduro when he argued the group should back free and fair elections and denounce the regime.
His concerns dated to 2017, when national committee member Danny Fetonte resigned after the DSA learned he had worked for a Texas police union, a reaction Altman called troubling.
Altman said the organization now dismisses figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as insufficiently socialist and excuses regimes that oppose the United States.
Fox News Digital said it sought comment from the DSA but had not received a response, leaving Altman’s account as the latest public critique from a former insider.