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Megan Romer
National Co-Chair of the
Democratic Socialists of America
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 2023
Serving with Ashik Siddique
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born1983 (age 42–43)
Central New York, US[1]

Megan Romer (born 1983)[2] is an American democratic socialist political activist. Romer is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), where she was elected as National Co-Chair from 2023 to 2027 and National Political Committee member from 2021 to 2023.[3][4][5]

Early life

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Romer grew up in rural upstate New York in a trailer park, the daughter of a paramedic and a nursing aide.[6][7] She moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, where she worked as a travel writer.[8] She was initially active with a group of female Democrats, but claims she was asked to leave because she was considered "too disruptive".[9] She joined the DSA, eventually moving back to New York.[7][10] She is an ordained ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA).[11]

Political career

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Romer began being politically active in Louisiana, doing mutual aid work to raise money after local floodings and church arsons.[12][13] She was the co-chair of the Southwest Louisiana chapter of DSA and the DSA National Mutual Aid Working Group.[14] She is a member of the Red Star caucus, a Marxist-Leninist caucus of the DSA.[15][16]

Positions

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Romer was interviewed by Fox News in July 2026, where she explained the DSA's platform including, among other things, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and giving amnesty to anyone who was in the United States illegally.[17] Video of the interview went viral on X, giving it millions of views.[18] She was interviewed by David Remnick for The New Yorker Radio Hour in August 2026, where she described democratic socialism as "people having a democratic say-so in all of the things that they need to survive; so democratic control of their workplace, democratic control of their housing, and democracy in what we already know as democracy in the political process."[19] At that interview, when asked about Darializa Avila Chevalier's attendance of a "pro-Hamas" rally in Times Square on October 8, 2023, Romer expressed her support for Avila Chevalier and said that she likely would have attended the rally herself, claiming Gazans live in an "open-air concentration camp" and calling the October 7 attacks "inevitable."[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "DSA Convention 2023". Red Star. June 9, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2026.
  2. ↑ Mancini, Ryan (August 4, 2026). "DSA Is Democratic Base, Co-Chair Says". The Hill. Nexstar Media. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  3. ↑ Romer, Megan; Siddique, Ashik (August 7, 2025). "Co-Chairs Megan and Ashik Review Their Terms". Democratic Left. Democratic Socialists of America. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  4. ↑ Cheung, Kylie (August 17, 2025). "Can Democratic Socialists Seize the Moment?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  5. ↑ Hains, Tim (August 10, 2026). "DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer: 'The Open Borders Is Part of a Longer Term International Plan That Involves U.S. Stopping Destabilizing Countries'". MSN. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  6. ↑ McLaughlin, Seth (July 16, 2026). "Meet the Millennial Duo Behind the Democratic Socialists of America's Burgeoning Power Grab". The Washington Times. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Fanelli, James; Chaffin, Joshua; Collins, Eliza; Dugan, Kevin T. (July 29, 2026). "A Small Band of Socialists Is Sowing Panic in the Democratic Party". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Megan Romer bio page". TripSavvy. People Inc. Retrieved August 12, 2026.
  9. ↑ Lawrence, William (February 13, 2024). "Envisioning a United Socialist Future, with DSA's National Political Committee Co-Chairs Ashik Siddique and Megan Rome". Hegemonicon (Podcast). Convergence. Event occurs at 00:13:54. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Megan Romer for Co-Chair". Red Star. August 4, 2025. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  11. ↑ Fauria, Krysta (July 31, 2026). "As Progressives Seek to Take On Inequality, Some Cite Religion as a Motivating Factor". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved August 12, 2026.
  12. ↑ Prentzel, Olivia (April 21, 2019). "Lafayette Resident's Viral Tweet Helps Raise $1.9m for St. Landry Parish Churches". NOLA.com. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  13. ↑ Fiscus, Kirsten; White, Ashley (April 18, 2019). "Notre Dame Fire Tweet Helps Louisiana Churches Exceed Fundraising Goal". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Megan Romer". Jacobin. May 5, 2026. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  15. ↑ Pitts, Emma (July 27, 2026). "Abolish the Senate. Abolish ICE. Abolish Prisons. The DSA Says Yes". Deseret News. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  16. ↑ Marshall, Josh (August 10, 2026). "Houston, We Have a Problem ... What's Up with the National DSA?". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  17. ↑ "DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer Outlines Socialist Agenda". Fox News. July 27, 2026. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  18. ↑ Stanton, Andrew (July 27, 2026). "DSA Co-Chair Sparks Bipartisan Alarm: Read Full Platform". Newsweek. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  19. ↑ "How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains" (video). The New Yorker. August 7, 2026. Event occurs at 0:05 – via YouTube.
  20. ↑ "How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains" (video). The New Yorker. August 7, 2026. Event occurs at 14:25 – via YouTube.
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