Hmm, whenever I've seen El-Sayed mentioned DSA was always mentioned as well. I guess this is an example of the ability the media has to distort public opinion (and my dropping the ball on doing my research ; ) ). Buttigieg also speaks about how our government isn't representing the will of the people and I think he's dead right about that. The DSA has gotten very involved here at the local level. Not everything they're doing is horrible but they've helped enact policies that have been very detrimental to small business and the local economies. Things like a 3% cap on rents and renter rights laws. On the surface this sounds amazing but then when you dig deeper and see how landlords are taxed into oblivion with double-digit property tax increases and a myriad of other State taxes and fees and can't make it up in rent. Also the new renters rights laws have made it nearly impossible to evict tenants, even if they get behind on rent or destroy your property. Small landlords are throwing in the towel and selling their properties to—many times—private equity firms. Similar things are happening on the small business level, family run businesses are finding it harder to keep their doors open and corporate run businesses are moving into those spaces. Some of the progressive policies just don't jive with real life or at least don't jive with many of the other laws currently on the books. I'm sure a better balance will be found sooner or later.