Americans Are Fighting Back Trump, and Winning

Sweeping socialist-democrat wins grip the nation as Trump's popularity crumbles

Americans are not just resisting Trump; they are building something beyond him.

From left to right: Melat Kiros, Chris Rabb, Adam Hamawy, Claire Valdez, and Darializa Avila Chevalier

Across the country, socialist-democrat candidates are winning races that were once considered nearly impossible. They are defeating incumbents, challenging party machines, rejecting corporate PAC money, and proving that voters are hungry for something more than the same recycled Democratic establishment politics.

What we’re seeing isn’t just anti-Trump backlash; it’s a generational and ideological shift.

In Colorado, Melat Kiros stunned the political establishment by defeating longtime Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado's 1st Congressional District. A 29-year-old attorney and organizer, Kiros became a prominent voice after she was fired from her law firm for refusing to take down an op-ed defending students protesting Israel's war in Gaza. Her campaign centered on Medicare for All, affordable housing, ending corporate PAC influence, and conditioning U.S. military aid to Israel.

This was not a small victory, as DeGette had held the seat for nearly three decades. She had institutional support, name recognition, and the backing of powerful Democrats, but Kiros had something more powerful: a message that met the moment.

In Pennsylvania, Chris Rabb secured the Democratic nomination after years of building one of the most progressive legislative records in the state. Rabb has championed universal healthcare, labor rights, environmental justice, criminal justice reform, and campaign finance reform, while also becoming one of the Democratic Party's most outspoken critics of unconditional U.S. military support for Israel.

In New Jersey, Army combat veteran and reconstructive surgeon Adam Hamawy won the Democratic nomination after campaigning as both a physician and humanitarian. Hamawy treated wounded civilians during multiple medical missions in Gaza, performing more than 120 surgeries, many on children, and was even trapped there after Israel closed the Rafah crossing in 2024. After returning home, he became one of the country's most prominent physician witnesses to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, calling for a ceasefire and greater U.S. accountability.

In New York's 7th District, democratic socialist Claire Valdez defeated establishment-backed opponents after running a campaign centered on tenant protections, workers' rights, climate action, immigrant justice, and ending corporate influence in politics. She has also been an outspoken advocate for Palestinian human rights and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

In New York's 13th District, community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated longtime incumbent Adriano Espaillat in one of the cycle's biggest upsets. Chevalier became a visible supporter of the student-led pro-Palestinian movement, spending time at New York City encampments and advocating alongside students calling for divestment and an end to U.S. support for Israel's military campaign. Her campaign focused on housing, healthcare, labor rights, and rejecting corporate PAC money.

Together, these victories tell a bigger story: the future of American politics is progressive, anti-corporate PAC, and increasingly willing to challenge the pro-Israel establishment.

For years, voters were told that universal healthcare was too radical and that housing as a human right was unrealistic. That abolishing ICE was politically impossible and that criticizing U.S. support for Israel would end a campaign.

That rejecting corporate PAC money was naive, but voters keep proving otherwise.

These campaigns are succeeding because they are speaking directly to the crises people are living through: rent they cannot afford, medical bills they cannot pay, wages that do not match the cost of living, climate disasters, police violence, student debt, and a political system that seems more responsive to lobbyists than ordinary people.

The Democratic establishment often frames progressive challengers as risky, but what is truly risky is continuing to offer voters a politics of caution while authoritarianism rises, inequality deepens, and entire communities are told to wait their turn.

There's a new generation of leaders who are no longer asking permission to build the country we deserve, and I think that is one of the most American progressive movements in our lifetime.