They’ve been there for a long time, just ask our last president.
Via Free Beacon:
The chairwoman of the Tennessee Democratic Party said the party was open to supporting far-left socialist candidates if their values line up, telling an NPR affiliate “we’ve got a big tent.”
Nashville Public Radio reported on the founding of a new chapter of Democratic Socialists of America in middle Tennessee; they claim to have 300 members. While Nashville is a Democratic city—Davidson County has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in seven straight elections—Tennessee remains a red state, and President Donald Trump won it by 26 points in 2016.
The local DSA group doesn’t plan on running candidates in the 2018 cycle but could in the future, and state party chair Mary Mancini said they would be “open” to working alongside them.