Let's ask some questions...

While any candidate for office will attract many endorsers, and can't fairly be held responsible for every crackpot or nutjob who has a campaign sign in his front yard or wears a t-shirt with her name on it, or donates five bucks to her campaign, check out the screengrab above, from her official campaign website.

As you can see, this is literally the first endorsement her website touts.  The Democratic Socialists of America is prominently displayed just below her introductory video on her website.  It's clear that this is the most important thing she wants you to know about her affiliations and who she most wants you to know is endorsing her.

There's a lot of talk lately about this group.  Rather than speculate or demonize, let's just look at what they say they're about in their own words.

After all, if this is an association she obviously wants us to know about, learning about them is a good way to learn about her and what she believes.

"Provide free, quality public education from pre-K to college and cancel all student debt. "

Didn't Joe Biden attempt to wipe-out college loans?  And who pays for "free" education?

Do you support cancelling all student-loan debt?

"Guarantee universal healthcare at no cost to individuals, including complete access to reproductive and gender-affirming care."

So, they want publicly-funded gender transition surgeries?  And again, who pays for all the free stuff?

Do you support public funding for gender transition surgeries?  For whom?

"strictly regulate investment properties, establish universal rent control, "

Hasn't rent control diminished housing availability and increased costs everywhere it's been tried?

Do you support rent control in the City and County of Denver?

"Enact reparations and massively invest in good jobs, quality housing and infrastructure in neglected minority communities."

Reparations, really?  We're going there?  And here's our first instance of "massively invest"

Do you support reparations?  How would you fund them?  Speaking of funding, what does "massively" look like here to you?

"Demilitarize police departments, disempower police unions, and redirect funding to public services as steps towards fully abolishing the police and prison system"

Reforming is one thing.  But "fully abolishing the police" is kinda stark.

Do you believe the City and County of Denver should have a police department, or not?

"end policies that oppress bodily autonomy and intimate life, including patriarchal restrictions on abortion, childbirth and childraising, gender expression and transition, marriage, and divorce. "

Which policies actually oppress intimate life?  What are the restrictions on abortion (none in Colorado, btw), childbirth, gender transition, marriage (!)?

Considering it'd be publicly funded, based on the previous section, should there be any restrictions on gender transition treatment?  Like, say, on children?

"Pass a federal jobs guarantee. Implement massive investment in sustainable, publicly owned energy and transit infrastructure. Phase out the use of fossil fuels. "

Didn't this whole thing fall flat on its face already?

I dunno, Milat.  More 'massive investments'.  What's your plan to fund that?

"Defund the Department of War. End all foreign wars and close overseas military bases. "

They mean the DoD (oy, that new name...)

So.. literally no national defense.  As with the police, not reform, rather end.  Mmmkay.

Do you support ending the Department of Defense altogether?  Yes, I realize it's a silly question, but these are your people here, Milat!

"Recognize the rights of the Palestinian people, including the right of return, the right to resist military occupation, and the right to self determination in a free Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital. End all military and economic aid to Israel. Prosecute U.S. and Israeli leaders responsible for the genocide in Gaza. "

Ah, yes, of course.  The Jew-hatred.

So, what happens to Israel when you make their capital the capital of a different country?

And who do you have in mind for this prosecution?  

Which "US...leaders" do you think should be prosecuted for their responsibility for the 'genocide' in Gaza?  Be specific about names and charges.

"End economic warfare against countries whose governments act independently of the United States, such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran."

Talk about a (literal) murderers' row.  These are the countries they want to highlight?  Again, mmmkay.

Explain why it's wrong that Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran should be under US sanction and/or "economic warfare".  Have they done nothing wrong?

"Legalize migration, grant amnesty for all immigrants regardless of status "

Quite a bold demand with the heat we've had this summer to abolish ice... j/k

Seriously, though...no immigration enforcement?

Should there be any punishment for those who break immigration law?  Should there be any immigration law?

"Extend full voting rights to all permanent U.S. residents and restore the right to vote for incarcerated people and people with criminal convictions. "

There's an argument for redemption among those who have served their time for previous crimes.   But, non-citizens voting too?

Should people who are not citizens be allowed to vote?

"Abolish the Electoral College. Replace the President and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress."

Wait.  What?

Wait.  What?

"Expand the House of Representatives, implement proportional representation and ranked choice voting in all elections, and abolish the Senate."

Expand by how much?  Dictate to every district how they conduct their elections?  And wait...what's that about the Senate?

Have you discussed with your primary endorser, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I, VT) that you'd like his entire chamber eliminated?  What was his reaction?

"Establish public ownership of the largest corporations and essential industries to ensure democratic control and accountability to the people. "

Seizing the means of production, eh?  A little on-the-nose, don't you think?

Let's just start with the two largest:  Walmart and Amazon.  How would you seize them?  Oh, and how is confiscating a company "Democracy"?

"Protect, expand, and enforce the rights of all workers to form, join, and strike with their unions, regardless of industry. "

Notice the missing verb?  What about workers who reject unions?

Oh, and this fundamental right is something they want explicitly to deprive of police a few sections back.

 Is it "Democracy" when 50%, 75%, 90% of a workplace votes against unionization, yet they're forced to pay dues to an organization that fights against their political views?