A growing pattern of support for communism within Democratic politics is becoming harder to ignore, especially as candidates and officials push policies that expand government control while downplaying ideological labels.

The trend was on full display in New York City, where Zohran Mamdani won election while openly embracing democratic socialism. Progressive Democrats applauded the victory, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Mamdani’s rise confirmed that elements of the Democratic Party are no longer flirting with socialist ideas; they are campaigning on them openly and unapologetically.

But he’s not the only one. And the pattern is extremely disturbing.

Virginia presents a more subtle but equally revealing example, one rooted in messaging discipline rather than transparency. As Washington Times columnist Robert Knight details, Governor Abigail Spanberger (D-Va) campaigned as a pragmatic moderate, aided by press assurances that Democrats would govern with restraint. Yet Knight documents that once Democrats secured full control of the General Assembly and the governor’s office, the agenda shifted rapidly. Constitutional amendments, election law changes, criminal sentencing rollbacks, and expansive taxation proposals followed in quick succession.

Spanberger herself acknowledged in a leaked 2020 conversation that Democrats should avoid using the word “socialism,” a warning that Knight argues was less about ideology and more about optics during campaigns.

The substance of Virginia’s legislative agenda reinforces concerns about centralized power and weakened safeguards. According to Knight, Va Democrats are moving to limit voter-roll verification, extend absentee ballot counting, restrict hand counts, and authorize ranked-choice voting, while positioning the legislature to redraw congressional maps. Other proposals remove mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes, raise fees across nearly every consumer transaction despite a multibillion-dollar surplus, and re-enter regional climate compacts that raise household energy costs.

These measures reflect an aggressive governing philosophy that prioritizes bureaucratic authority over accountability, and ideological objectives over voter consent once political control is secured. That’s communism, or politely, democratic socialism.

Whether through open admission or strategic concealment, the direction is increasingly clear. In New York, voters were offered socialism by name. In Virginia, Robert Knight argues, voters were sold moderation and given sweeping ideological change once the election was over.

Ephesians 5:6 offers a warning that resonates in moments shaped by rhetoric and reality colliding: “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.”

Communism replaces God with the state. People of God who vote for such ought to do some very deep self-examination. Political movements may rebrand themselves, but truth eventually surfaces in policy, cost, and consequences that citizens are left to bear. But even more, what are the eternal consequences of supporting such godless movements?

Sources:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/

https://roberthknight.com/

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-mayor-zohran-mamdani-socialism

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-election.html

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/01/27/spanberger-day-one-orders-virginia-affordability-safety

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?261+lst+ALL

On January 17, the Catholic-led Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem issued a statement declaring themselves the sole authority “in matters pertaining to Christian religious, communal, and pastoral life in the Holy Land.”

The statement went further, warning that other Christians advance “damaging ideologies, such as Christian Zionism,” which allegedly mislead the public and harm church unity. These churches view themselves as the rightful heirs of God’s promises, while Jews and Christians who affirm Israel’s enduring covenant are cast as theological disruptors. This Catholic and Vatican-led body includes Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Anglican churches in Jerusalem.

The Vatican-aligned InfoVaticana website defines Christian Zionism “as support for the State of Israel and the Zionist project as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy, framed as a political and cultural agenda.” Yet for many evangelicals, Christian Zionism is simpler and older than modern geopolitics. It rests on the belief that God’s covenant with Israel is enduring and not revoked, and that Israel remains integral to the biblical narrative.

In contrast, Catholicism’s replacement theology was historically openly taught and enforced. Jews were portrayed as rejected, while the Catholic Church was presented as the sole heir of God’s promises, leaving little room for Israel’s ongoing covenantal dignity. That theology did not remain theoretical. It shaped sermons, laws, art, expulsions, and violence.

At Vatican II, the Catholic Church revised its tone without issuing a clear institutional confession that replacement theology was wrong and harmful. However, this statement by the Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican (among others) clearly falls into the category of both replacement theology and denigrating protestants as harmful, misleading and damaging.

Guess what? They quoted Romans 12:5 to justify their position, “we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.” Which is the same single verse they use to claim sole authority of the “Church.” In other words, if you are not part of them, you are not of the body of Christ—this is, in and of itself, replacement theology by claiming authority over both Jews and non-Catholic Christians, echoing the very replacement logic the Church insists it has abandoned.

Israel365 News summarized the concern plainly, calling the statement the “Catholic Church’s most direct assault yet on the millions of evangelical Christians whose biblical interpretation leads them to support the Jewish state,” and condemning Christians who support the Jewish people’s return to their ancestral homeland. They also are calling the blessing of Israel a “damaging ideology.” If Romans is the battleground, one isolated verse should not be used.

Chapters 9-12 are a master class on God’s concept of unity. Gentiles were grafted into the Jewish root, not the other way around, and Paul issues a warning that should sober every institution claiming spiritual primacy: “For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.”

Sources:

https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/announcements/a-statement-from-the-patriarchs-and-heads-of-the-churches-in-jerusalem-on-unity-and-representation-of-the-christian-communities-in-the-holy-land/

https://infovaticana.com/en/2026/01/19/patriarchs-of-jerusalem-warn-against-christian-zionism-and-its-political-agenda-in-the-holy-land/

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54159

https://israel365news.com/415473/catholic-church-condemns-christian-zionism-as-damaging-ideology-that-threatens-church-unity/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign