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Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists

Par : Tim Balk
12 septembre 2026 à 05:00
Communism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.

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During the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas this week, President Donald Trump returned — again and again and again — to baseless claims that Democrats were running as communists in the midterms.

Down in the Polls, Republicans Embrace a Familiar Tool: Fear

10 septembre 2026 à 05:04
At an unusual midterm gathering, President Trump and his allies painted Democrats as dangerously un-American.

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Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana warned of a “Bolshevik Revolution in the Democratic Party.”
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