Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) argued that 2024 would end with the last Christmas "under Democrat communist control."
In a Christmas Eve message on her official government X account, Greene wished her followers a happy holiday.
"Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!" she exclaimed. "It's the last Christmas under Democrat Communist control."
"Freedom is coming!" Greene added.
Princeton University Professor Jan-Werner Müller recently explained how Democrats were not communists — even though the Republican Party has popularized it as an attack on the party.
"The one time in recent history that the U.S. clearly resembled the Soviet Union – empty shelves and long lines outside shops – was under Trump; to be sure, other countries also had supply chain problems during Covid-19, but the former president proved exceptionally irresponsible and incompetent," Müller wrote in a column for The Guardian.
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"Most rightwingers would struggle to explain what these terms really mean; but then again, for many of them politics is not a philosophy exam, but a contest over what can incite fear and hatred of dangerous Others threatening supposed 'real Americans,'" she added. "The Biden administration has at least tried to change course on monopoly power, under the leadership of Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, whose career started with an attack on the mistaken pro-monopoly theory."
"Meanwhile, just as with the upside-down reasoning about monopolies, distinguished defenders of the little guy, such as Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, have twisted themselves into justifying junk fees."
