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Communist Party USA Leader: ‘Socialists Must Vote Democrat’

Communist Party USA Leader: ‘Socialists Must Vote Democrat’
Democrat members of Congress, including Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., participate in sit-in protest seeking a vote on gun control measures on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill on June 22. Rep. Chellie Pingree via AP
Trevor Loudon
Trevor Loudon
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Rick Nagin, the Ohio state organizer for the Communist Party USA, has made an urgent appeal for “progressives and socialists” to support only Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. The Democratic Party, Nagin explains, is the “only electoral vehicle” that can beat Republicans in the short term.

Trevor Loudon
Trevor Loudon
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Trevor Loudon is an author, filmmaker, and public speaker from New Zealand. For more than 30 years, he has researched radical left, Marxist, and terrorist movements and their covert influence on mainstream politics. He is best known for his book “Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists and Progressives in the U.S. Congress” and his similarly themed documentary film “Enemies Within.”