Ellie Lerner

[Renew Democracy Initiative @Renew_Democracy]

The right wants a unitary executive. The DSA's new platform wants, in effect, a unitary Congress. @ell_lerner, whose grandfather helped launch the movement, on why neither side seems worried about handing power back. https://t.co/qMta9aBETY

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

"Liberalism is built to protect room for different visions of the good life," writes @ell_lerner (granddaughter of Michael Lerner). And the platform of the DSA is "fundamentally illiberal." Much to ponder here. https://t.co/pZN7Vxt8oS

[Renew Democracy Initiative @Renew_Democracy]

"While the right’s unitary executive theory consolidates power in the executive branch, the DSA calls to concentrate power in the legislative—a unitary congressional theory."

RDI's @ell_lerner unpacks the DSA party platform and digs into her grandfather's leftist legacy. https://t.co/b4UC6mWhe6

[Renew Democracy Initiative @Renew_Democracy]

@ell_lerner, whose grandfather helped launch DSA, has a name for what's in its 2026 platform: "𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲"—the far-left's illiberal answer to the right's unitary executive theory. https://t.co/qMta9aBETY