"Secret Nazis" are fine if they advance agenda.
NEW YORK (PNN) - July 18, 2026 - Far-Left Marxist podcaster and Democrat Socialists of Amerika member Emma Vigeland appeared to inadvertently expose the Communist far-Left movement's ends-justify-the-means political calculus. Even a "secret Nazi" would be acceptable if the candidate advanced a national socialist agenda.
Vigeland, a former field reporter, producer and commentator for The Young Turks, and identified as a DSA member, also co-hosts The Majority Report with Sam Seder. She explained on a separate Vox podcast that she doesn't care if a progressive or socialist candidate has "Nazi" skeletons in his or her closet.
"I am wary of over-focusing on an individual's personal character over their platform. You know, I've said this before. I don't really care if say like Bernie Sanders or AOC go home and they're a secret Nazi, but they go out and they vote for the right things. Like we're talking about politicians," the DSA member said earlier this month.
Vox host Astead Herndon was astonished by Vigeland's remarks, and asked, "You don't care?"
Why is anyone surprised anymore? This comes after the political collapse of DSA's Graham Platner, who had a large "Totenkopf" tattoo - a symbol associated with the Nazi SS.
The DSA is such a liability for the Democrat Party that a prominent Bill Clinton insider took the time to write up a Wall Street Journal op-ed that said, "Lawmakers, law-enforcement agencies and journalists should investigate the DSA to see if it is being funded by foreign governments and interests."