GOP leans into anti-communist messaging as DSA surges
Republicans are increasingly leaning on anti-communist messaging as a cudgel against Democrats heading into the November elections.
With only 100 days until the midterm elections, Republicans have launched repeated attacks tying the rise in socialism in the Democratic Party to communism. Democrats have seen a surge in socialist candidates in the 2026 cycle, with the socialist wing of the Democratic Party set to more than double its numbers after November.
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) held a roundtable last week on the “threat of communism,” and said during her opening remarks that “What my biggest concern is today is what we’re witnessing here in America, and what we’re witnessing is the rise of communism.
“Socialism is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and we have to call it out,” McClain said. “And part of what we need to do is we need to educate people where communism comes from, but where it leads to.”
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