The meteoric rise of a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, running as a Democrat, has caused a nervous breakdown among some in the national party.
Predictions of "World War III" were ridiculous, and American involvement in the war lasted as long as it took to get B-2s from Missouri to Iran and back.
New York City Democrats saw the progressive decline in Chicago and California and decided to get in on that action by nominating Zohran Mamdani for mayor.
The people responsible for the chaos in Los Angeles are a tiny, radical minority out of step with one of the nation's most dynamic and productive demographics.