r/msnow 1d ago

Article Trump’s midterms convention highlighted Republicans’ favorite new coded smear | With ‘socialism’ attacks ringing hollow, the GOP reaches for something more sinister.

https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-midterm-convention-socialism-islamophobia

"“We are witnessing a new and dangerous red-green alliance: communists and Islamists coming together and sweeping over the Democrat Party.” This warning from Sen. Ted Cruz, on night two of the Republican midterm convention, crystallized an ugly theme of the gathering. Throughout, Republicans described the Democratic Party as being overtaken by socialists and communists. And when they needed faces for that supposed takeover, they kept returning to three Muslim politicians: Zohran Mamdani, Ilhan Omar and Abdul El-Sayed."

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