Fri Feb 3, 2023 – 5:05 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted 328-86 Thursday on a resolution formally condemning the “horrors and failures of socialism,” causing a split among House Democrats.
The resolution states that “socialist ideology necessitates a concentration of power that has time and time again collapsed into Communist regimes, totalitarian rule, and brutal dictatorships”; that it “has repeatedly led to famine and mass murders, and the killing of over 100,000,000 people worldwide”; and that it is fundamentally contrary to America’s foundational “belief in the sanctity of the individual.”
The Hill reports that every Republican voted for the resolution, joined by 109 Democrats. But 86 Democrats voted against it, and an additional 14 voted “present,” effectively refusing to take a position.
Supporters of the resolution framed it as an effort to put Democrats on the record regarding a philosophy they say animates the party’s economic policies. But some Democrats claimed the measure was really about, in the words of Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), “laying the groundwork to cut Social Security and Medicare.” Democrats have seized on some GOP lawmakers floating Social Security changes as a means of addressing
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