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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's aide moves on to lead the Communist Party USA for the state of New York
American Thinker ^ | 05/15/2023 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 05/15/2023 7:01:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Democrats, at least in the recent past, could be counted on express umbrage when their political opponents called them 'communists.'

After all, communism has led to the deaths of hundreds of millions of people; a vile '-ology' comparable to Naziism in its totalitarian ideal.

Get a load of how sensitive they used to be, as recently as 2022, in this New York magazine piece by Ed Kilgore:

The day after the 2020 vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, then-President Donald Trump did something that is hard to do: He actually shocked me with intemperate language, in this case referring to Harris as a “monster” and a “communist.” The “monster” business didn’t surprise me, actually, given Trump’s long history of personal insults to women. But “communist?” Seriously? I hadn’t heard a Republican call a Democrat a commie since the high tide of McCarthyism — and even back then, the rare slur was associated with specific (if lunatic) allegations of subservience to an international Marxist-Leninist conspiracy operating out of Moscow. Sure, for a generation, Republicans have been imprecisely calling Democrats “socialists,” though no more than a handful of Donkey Party members answer to that appellation, which in itself is as imprecise as “conservative” or “liberal.” But “communist” is actually pretty precise — and wildly inappropriate for anyone in either major U.S. party.

Really?

These days Democrats are different, and the appellation 'communist' for some is all perfectly real.

According to the New York Post:


(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aoc; communistparty; newyork; ny
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21 posted on 05/15/2023 8:16:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Let me ask you this — Has the Communist Party ever been banned in the USA?

Yes. Since 1954. From Wiki (I know): The Communist Control Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 775, 50 U.S.C. §§ 841–844) is an American law signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on August 24, 1954, that outlaws the Communist Party of the United States and criminalizes membership in or support for the party or "Communist-action" organizations and defines evidence to be considered by a jury in determining participation in the activities, planning, actions, objectives, or purposes of such organizations.[1]

22 posted on 05/15/2023 8:17:27 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: liberalh8ter

RE: an American law signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on August 24, 1954, that outlaws the Communist Party of the United States and criminalizes membership in or support for the party or “Communist-action”

If it was criminalized, how come they have candidates for the PRESIDENT of the United States since 1924 and even AFTER Eisenhower signed a law that banned them?

See here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_USA#:~:text=Communist%20Party%20USA%2C%20officially%20the,America%20following%20the%20Russian%20Revolution.


23 posted on 05/15/2023 8:41:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
AOC aide to lead the Communist Party of New York....

What a surprise!! Was AOC to conservative for the aide? 🤓

24 posted on 05/15/2023 8:45:34 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: SeekAndFind

It was never really enforced, and a Federal court found it unconstitutional in 1973.


25 posted on 05/15/2023 8:49:06 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: SeekAndFind
In the old days, Communist Party USA members were distinguished from other leftists by their allegiance to the USSR. If they infiltrated the Democrats they kept it quiet.

Now the CP-USA is just another bunch of Democrat slacker hangers on, mainly distinguished by their sexual diversity. I mean even compared to other leftists. Really.

Lenin would have had them executed just for that.


26 posted on 05/15/2023 8:59:23 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Nothing new. Bernie Sanders ran as an elector for Clifton DeBerry, Socialist Workers Party (Trotskyite Communist) in 1980.


27 posted on 05/15/2023 9:04:03 AM PDT by SJackson (he who controls the schools, controls the world, 1870s France)
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I always suspected that AOC has aids


28 posted on 05/15/2023 9:27:47 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: SeekAndFind
Our greatest threat to the Repubic is probably from overly educated women in soft science fields like AOC but perhaps even more so this leftist that self identifies as a lesbian that dates men. A PHD no less but in gender studies: IMG-8541 https://twitter.com/AnnLesbyPhD
29 posted on 05/15/2023 9:50:46 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: Phoenix8

Well ok perhaps I’m in error.

NO person is as likely much more dangerous to our republic as AOC. Say she might be an equal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnjYYwbCMSs


30 posted on 05/15/2023 9:56:51 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: SeekAndFind

The Devil’s chickens are coming home to roost.


31 posted on 05/15/2023 10:14:20 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. )
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To: SeekAndFind

At least he’s honest.


32 posted on 05/15/2023 10:15:58 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: SeekAndFind
That's a very good question. Perhaps because elected officials don't have half the intestinal fortitude that the average citizen has?
33 posted on 05/15/2023 11:27:29 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Leep

Commies don’t allow for loafing.


34 posted on 05/15/2023 11:39:47 AM PDT by cowboyusa (IT'S TIME TO PLAY COWBOYS AND MARXISTSMabey )
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To: liberalh8ter

Answer:

Since the Obama administration, Anthony Kapel “Van” Jones.


35 posted on 05/15/2023 12:18:20 PM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Commies lie, people die.


36 posted on 05/15/2023 12:33:44 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: cowboyusa

You’re talking about REAL communists. they will throw these prenders in a giant wood chipper.


37 posted on 05/15/2023 1:12:42 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: SeekAndFind

She has a nose ring...
Threatens to kill those that disagree with communism.


38 posted on 05/15/2023 10:29:31 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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