GOP Lawmakers Seek to Add ‘Dangers of Communism’ Program to High School Curriculum

‘Communism is a cancer, and it always produces the same results: oppression, suffering and death,” said Sen. John Kennedy.

Riot police detain a man as they clear protesters taking part in a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020, on the 23rd anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. Dale De La Rey/AFP via Getty Images

Republican lawmakers have reintroduced a piece of legislation that would create a civic education program that directly addresses the history of communism.

Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) unveiled the bill on March 12, saying that the proposed measures were designed to inform high school students about the “dangers of communism” and similar ideologies.