Congress’ Unsavory Cohorts
The Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists and Progressives in the U.S. Congress, by Trevor Loudon, Las Vegas, Nevada: Pacific Freedom Foundation, 2013, 688 pages, paperback.
On April 11, 2012, Representative Allen West (R-Fla.) was asked by a man at a town hall meeting in Palm City, Florida, “What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card carrying Marxists or International Socialists?” West emphatically responded, “There’s about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party that are members of the Communist Party.” When pressed for names, West replied, “It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus.”
As one could imagine and may recall, leftist forces promulgated by the media took considerable derision to the congressman’s initial remarks, labeling him an “extremist” and accusing him of McCarthyism. The Left’s witch-hunt and constant smearing ultimately left West without a job, losing in that year’s election to Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy in a highly contested and tight race. Media pandemonium aside, a thorough investigation into Congressman West’s stunning accusations remained lacking, until now.
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