The Democratic Party once claimed to champion tolerance and civil discourse. Remember when the worst thing a politician would say was calling someone a flip-flopper? Those days are gone. Now their newest candidates are scheming in plain sight on social media—promising the systematic imprisonment of their political opponents.

What was once unthinkable in American politics has become a campaign promise. While mainstream Democrats stay conspicuously quiet, their most radical candidates openly fantasize about destroying the lives of everyday Americans who dare to wear a red hat or attend church on Sunday. And here’s the kicker: they’re not even trying to hide it anymore.

From ‘The Blaze’:

Samuel Smeltzer, a 36-year-old IT contractor who calls himself Elyon Badger and dresses up in an anthropomorphic “furry” costume, has not only stated that “America deserved 9/11,” called Jesus “a communist,” recommended killing billionaires, labeled Israel as “an enemy of the United States,” advocated the imprisonment of all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and repeatedly celebrated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination, calling him a “massive loser.”…

Despite his website promising “compassionate leadership for a just future,” Smeltzer vowed in a recent post to “round up EVER [sic] SINGLE red hat wearing MAGA and put them in hard labor camps for the rest of their lives.”

Yes, you read that correctly. This is real.

A Candidate Beyond the Pale

Meet Samuel Smeltzer, the Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 7th congressional district. This self-described socialist doesn’t just oppose conservative values—he celebrates violence against those who hold them. Within an hour of Charlie Kirk’s tragic assassination, Smeltzer posted “Good things can happen” on social media. Let that marinate for a moment. Days later, he shared an image of the murdered father with the caption, “How can we defeat evil, if evil is mourned when it’s defeated?”

His official campaign statement—the one with his name and “paid for by” disclaimer—blamed the shooting on “gun loving Conservative Christians.” This isn’t some anonymous troll. This is someone asking voters to send him to Congress.

Threats Against Fellow Americans

Here’s where it gets genuinely terrifying. Smeltzer recently vowed to “round up EVER SINGLE red hat wearing MAGA and put them in hard labor camps for the rest of their lives.” An actual congressional candidate. In America. In 2025.

He’s not joking—check his campaign website that promises “compassionate leadership for a just future.” Apparently, compassion now means imprisoning anyone who disagrees with his radical agenda. The same guy who declared “America deserved 9/11” and called Jesus Christ “a communist” wants to represent Michigan families in Washington. The Founding Fathers would be spinning in their graves fast enough to power the Eastern seaboard.

The New Face of the Democratic Party

Smeltzer isn’t some isolated nutcase the party can disown. Graham Platner, running for Senate in Maine with enthusiastic support from Bernie Sanders, sports a tattoo similar to Nazi SS imagery and has branded rural white Americans as racists. Notice a pattern here?

The National Republican Congressional Committee called these views “dangerous and disgusting,” though frankly, that seems like an understatement. Get this: only 38% of Democrats think it’s always unacceptable to feel joy about the death of a political opponent. The majority of Democrats are apparently fine with celebrating political murders. As NRCC spokesman Zach Bannon observed, “Radical far-left lunatics like Samuel Smeltzer expose the liberal brain rot that is now the current state of the Democrat Party.”

When a major political party tolerates candidates who openly threaten imprisonment for their opponents and celebrate political assassinations, we’ve abandoned any pretense of democratic norms. Americans must reject this poisonous extremism before these people actually gain power. The alternative is unthinkable.

Key Takeaways

• Democratic candidate Samuel Smeltzer vowed to imprison MAGA supporters in “hard labor camps”
• Smeltzer celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination and declared “America deserved 9/11”
• The Democratic Party continues supporting extreme candidates who threaten violence
• Only 38% of Democrats believe celebrating political opponents’ deaths is always wrong

Sources: The Blaze