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10/20/21 7:31 PM

#388740 RE: conix #388732

conix, That of yours is simply a regurgitation of a 9 year old fearmongering lie of Alan West's.

Allen West
stated on April 10, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Jensen Beach, Fla.:
About 78 to 81 House
Democrats "are members of
the Communist Party. ... It’s
called the Congressional
Progressive Caucus."

Candidate Biography Florida Allen West

By Amy Sherman April 11, 2012

Allen West says about 80 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party

[...]

But just because the Communist Party has spoken positively about the Progressive Caucus doesn’t mean that the Democrats in that Caucus are communists. Heck, West has often pointed out that he and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich -- a liberal Democrat from Ohio -- agreed on a resolution calling for withdrawing from Libya. That doesn’t make West a Democrat.

West is using guilty by association here, and has failed to prove that any member of Congress is a communist. Pants on Fire!

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/apr/11/allen-west/allen-west-says-about-80-house-democrats-are-membe/

That was posted on the board back about then. One here references it

Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.
By Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, Published: April 27
Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican, was recently captured on video asserting that there are “78 to 81” Democrats in Congress who are members of the Communist Party.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=74962613

It's a long time for you to chew that cud.

West didn't last long .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)