Why Does Trump Keep Talking About ‘Communism’?
Trump compared communism to a mortal threat to American liberty and said communist regimes killed hundreds of millions, as outlets debated his rhetoric.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump used his address at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota to warn against communism, making 14 mentions of the ideology during a 30-minute speech.
- The 'communist' label has historically served to discredit political opponents and civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King; warnings of 'pink' sympathies helped Richard Nixon win a Senate seat in 1950.
- Polling by the Cato Institute shows 38% of Americans under 30 hold favorable views of communism, while Gallup data indicates 66% of Democrats prefer socialism, with Independents favoring capitalism by 51% to 31%.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declared on Fox News that the current Democrat Party is not their 'granddaddy's' version, as calling opponents 'communists' has become Trump's primary rhetorical counterattack.
- Researcher Dalton Bouzek found that red-baiting rhetoric during the 2020 elections did not correlate with victories, challenging the belief that this strategy will help Trump nearly 37 years after the Berlin Wall fell.
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Communism is an evil philosophy. Communist regimes have killed hundreds of millions of people and made millions more live in a police state. But somehow, speaking ill of communism alarms the same journalists who constantly suggest democracy is in peril under President Donald Trump. Authoritarianism is bad -- unless it's communist. Trump denounced communism in a July 3 speech underneath Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. A three-person team at Assoc…
During the commemoration of the United States' 250th anniversary last weekend, President Donald Trump delivered a speech that evoked a bygone era…
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN. During the commemoration of the United States' 250th anniversary this past weekend, President Donald Trump delivered a speech that evoked a bygone era. "Communism is a mortal threat to American freedom," he declared at a commemorative event held on July 3 at Mount Rushmore. "It is The post Why does Trump keep talking about 'communism'? appeared first on KVIA.
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