This is supposed to frighten us?


Republican speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson thought he would scare people by reading out loud what the Democratic Socialists of America stand for and it sounded great!

“I don’t know if you’ve seen this,” said Johnson.

“This is their platform, this is actually quotes from their platform that they published about a day or two ago.… They put this on paper! They’re saying the quiet things out loud.”

Johnson continued: “Abolish the Electoral College, replace the two-party system with a multi-party ‘democracy,’ expand the House of Representatives, implement proportional representation and ranked-choice voting in all elections,” Johnson said.

He continued, describing how the DSA would establish public ownership of large corporations, abolish ICE, and end sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran.

“End all military and economic aid to Israel, prosecute U.S. and Israeli leaders responsible for the genocide in Gaza,” Johnson continued.

It should be noted that while the DSA does support most of these points in its official platform, there is a debate about others, like ranked-choice voting and the merits of abolishing the Senate. But all in all, Johnson appears to be trying to fearmonger by threatening the American people with a good time.

In fact it sounded so good that supporters of the DSA have turned that clip into a TikTok video.

More Republicans should go out and spread the word about the DSA policies. It would be great if Trump did so too.

Comments

  1. EigenSprocketUK says

    “…prosecute U.S. and Israeli leaders responsible for the genocide in Gaza …

    I am genuinely surprised he actually called the genocide a genocide. Does this mean he has to primary himself now?

  2. Pierce R. Butler says

    … implement proportional representation and ranked-choice voting …

    Either one sounds good -- but what’s the point of doing both?

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