We’re living in a weird age when Democrats with pride identify themselves as socialists.
Maybe they think that’s the opposite of identifying as fascists?
But for a generation of adults who have never been taught anything about socialism or fascism, it must be appealing.
WASHINGTON – As the White House gears up for the 2020 campaign, it’s pressing the case that Democrats are rallying behind what it’s calling the policies of “socialism.”
Trying to portray Democrats as out of step with ordinary Americans, Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference that the choice in the next election is “between freedom and socialism, between personal responsibility and government dependence.”
It was the latest step in a coordinated effort by President Donald Trump and his allies to drive up enthusiasm among the GOP base by sowing fears about the policies pushed by Democrats.
“The moment America becomes a socialist country is the moment America ceases to be America,” Pence told the crowd of conservative activists.
Pence also took aim at “Medicare for all” and the Green New Deal, policy proposals prominent in the crowded Democratic contest for the presidential nomination.
The Medicare proposal really means “quality health care for none,” Pence said. And “the only thing green” about the Democrats’ environmental framework to combat climate change, the vice president said, “is how much green it’s going to cost taxpayers if we do it: $90 trillion.”
Eyeing 2020, White House steps up ‘socialism’ attack on Dems
News > Nation Fri., March 1, 2019, 9:45 a.m. WASHINGTON – As the White House gears up for the 2020 campaign, it’s pressing the case that Democrats are rallying behind what it’s calling the policies of “socialism.”