House Republican Allen West: '78 to 81' Congressional Democrats Are Communists

House Republican Allen West: '78 to 81' Congressional Democrats Are Communists
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Never one to shrink from controversy, Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., says he believes scores of his Democratic House colleagues are members of the Communist Party.

At a town hall meeting Tuesday in Palm City, Fla., the Tea Party-backed freshman was asked by a man in the audience: "What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card carrying Marxists or neo-Castro Socialists?"

West responded that he believed "there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party that are members of the Communist Party."

When asked to name them, he declined.

In fact, there appears to be no record of any member of the House, whether Democratic or Republican, belonging to the Communist Party. The Progressive Caucus, a group of liberal Democrats, has 75 members from the House and one from the Senate, Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, the only member of Congress who considers himself a socialist.


West has gained a certain reputation during his 16 months in Congress for making bombastic statements. He compared President Obama to a Third World dictator, claimed that Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels would be "very proud" of the Democratic Party, and publicly called a member of Florida's congressional delegation, Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, "the most vile, unprofessional and despicable member of the U.S. House of Representatives."
In 1950, another newly elected Republican member of Congress claimed there were 205 known Communists who worked at the State Department. Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin never proved that charge but quickly gained notoriety. The accusations prompted a formal Senate censure of McCarthy in 1954.

Hey, why not, they're going to get called commies anyway no matter what they do, might as well join.....

The Party!



:p

Bryant wrote: House Republican Allen West: '78 to 81' Congressional Democrats Are Communists
NPR News

Never one to shrink from controversy, Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., says he believes scores of his Democratic House colleagues are members of the Communist Party.

At a town hall meeting Tuesday in Palm City, Fla., the Tea Party-backed freshman was asked by a man in the audience: "What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card carrying Marxists or neo-Castro Socialists?"

West responded that he believed "there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party that are members of the Communist Party."

Hmmm...he says he believes they are communists. Ie...he's speculating. Like I do when I said 'supply and demand mean nothing when it comes to gas prices anymore coz he systems fixed'. I cant prove it. But its a good guess imo. And West probably feels he;s making a good guess. I cant argue too much with him either given than many Dems claim to be Progressives and have a socialist agenda.

Bryant wrote:West has gained a certain reputation during his 16 months in Congress for making bombastic statements. He compared President Obama to a Third World dictator, claimed that Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels would be "very proud" of the Democratic Party, and publicly called a member of Florida's congressional delegation, Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, "the most vile, unprofessional and despicable member of the U.S. House of Representatives."

He's probably right about Schultz. She's a real piece of work.

Did anybody take the time to see the video on this??? He actually did explain himself quite well and did use correct historical facts to back up his assertation all the while the press members were trying bait him. He gave them verbal smackdown.