DSA co-chair Maggie Romer joins Bad Faith in the wake of her viral Fox News appearance in which she was asked about DSA platform planks like abolishing the Senate, abolishing ICE, defunding the Pentagon, and prison abolition. Predictably, the right wing dragged the clip, but so did many on the "socialist left" who are, apparently, ashamed of the DSA platform voted on by its members. I ask Romer the questions I had for fellow DSAer Dan Denvir: What are the goals of the DSA, and are those goals frustrated by a slate of electeds who frequently put distance between themselves and the DSA platform, or between themselves and socialism entirely? Is DSA's function to gate keep the progressive movement and sheepdog voters who are frustrated with the duopoly back into the duopoly? Will the DSA discipline elected members who undermine the DSA's principles? Should the DSA embrace Democratic centralism? Will it support third party candidates, or is DSA a "clique" that wears red on Wednesdays -- no Greens allowed? Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). 0:00 Cold open and guest intro 2:39 DSA platform under scrutiny 10:41 Democratic centralism and discipline 18:30 AOC poll and internal democracy 23:26 Endorsements, voter guides, autonomy 35:16 Third parties and ballot lines 47:58 Limits of Democratic Party strategy 1:01:55 AOC, Gaza, and DSA standards 1:12:06 Should the left join DSA? 1:28:51 Toward red-green alliances 1:32:52 Closing thoughts and sign-off