{"id":2622308,"date":"2026-07-01T15:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-says-the-problem-with-democrats-embrace-of-communism-is-republicans-noticing\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:57:41","slug":"axios-says-the-problem-with-democrats-embrace-of-communism-is-republicans-noticing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-says-the-problem-with-democrats-embrace-of-communism-is-republicans-noticing\/","title":{"rendered":"Axios Says The Problem With Dem Communism Is GOP Noticing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faxios-says-the-problem-with-democrats-embrace-of-communism-is-republicans-noticing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2622308&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the recent media narratives claiming that Republicans are reigniting the &#8220;Red Scare&#8221; to distract from the Democratic Party&#8217;s embrace of communism.It highlights that some Democrats and socialists openly use Marxist language, such as advocating for seizing the means of production, which aligns with Marxist ideology. The piece criticizes media outlets like Axios for dismissing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hon-thaddeus-g-mccotter-the-curse-of-the-inclusive-candyperson\/\" title=\"Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter: The Curse of the Inclusive Candyperson\">ideological implications<\/a> of these statements and emphasizes that these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sales-skyrocket-for-ousted-space-force-commanders-book-on-how-marxism-is-infecting-u-s-military\/\" title=\"Sales Skyrocket For Ousted Space Force Commander\u2019s Book On How Marxism Is Infecting U.S. Military\">marxist ideas<\/a> are being publicly endorsed by candidates and figures like Zohran Mamdani and Darializa Avila Chevalier. The article argues that the narratives suggesting Republicans are creating a new Red Scare are misleading as, in reality, it is indeed the socialist and Marxist rhetoric coming from certain Democrats that challenges the distinction between socialism and communism. It concludes that when political candidates openly promote Marxist principles and language, it is the Marxists, not Republicans, who are reviving the Red Scare.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mncXnjrNGAA>  MSNow \/ Youtube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/01\/axios-says-the-problem-with-democrats-embrace-of-communism-is-republicans-noticing\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Axios Says The Problem With Democrats\u2019 Embrace Of Communism Is Republicans Noticing&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/01\/axios-says-the-problem-with-democrats-embrace-of-communism-is-republicans-noticing\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Axios Says The Problem With Democrats\u2019 Embrace Of Communism Is Republicans Noticing&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/01\/axios-says-the-problem-with-democrats-embrace-of-communism-is-republicans-noticing\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/01\/axios-says-the-problem-with-democrats-embrace-of-communism-is-republicans-noticing\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Axios Says The Problem With Democrats\u2019 Embrace Of Communism Is Republicans Noticing&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/01\/axios-says-the-problem-with-democrats-embrace-of-communism-is-republicans-noticing\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\">                     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\">                     <span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span>                     <\/a>                 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As socialists continue to win primaries across the country, the propaganda press is falsely claiming that <em>Republicans<\/em> are reviving the \u201cRed Scare\u201d in a bid to shield the Democrat Party from the consequences of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-covers-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"NBC News Covers the Biden Administration\u00a0\">explicit embrace<\/a> of communism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGOP reboots the Red Scare as young Democrats embrace socialism,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/30\/trump-communism-red-scare-reboot-midterms?utm_campaign=mrf-utm_campaign=editorial&#038;utm_source=x&#038;utm_medium=owned_social&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;mrfcid=202606306a38b341c92c3e13d983cc1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headline<\/a> from Axios\u2019 Avery Lotz read. According to Lotz, Trump and Republicans \u201care trying to re-introduce a national fear of \u2018godless communists\u2019 ahead of the critical midterms.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1004992875\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lotz went on to cite a colleague\u2019s work to bolster her claims: \u201cReality check: Democratic socialism is not communism. New York\u2019s\u00a0Zohran Mamdani\u00a0and Washington, D.C., mayoral candidate\u00a0Janeese Lewis George both call for expanded government programs.\u201d But this \u201creporting\u201d intentionally omits Mamdani\u2019s own words. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2025\/jul\/03\/seizing-means-production-Zohran-Mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a 2021 conference of socialists that socialists believe in \u201cseizing the means of production.\u201d Karl Marx, co-author of <em>The Communist Manifest<\/em>o, also argued that workers should seize the means of production. And Mamdani isn\u2019t the only one using explicit Marxist phrasing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darializa Avila Chevalier, a socialist candidate for Congress, previously advocated for \u201cseiz[ing] the means of production\u201d in a now-deleted Twitter account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/29\/politics\/darializa-avila-chevalier-communism-tweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN reported<\/a>. Chevalier also complained that public libraries didn\u2019t have \u201cenough Marxist literature,\u201d according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet Axios wants you to believe Republicans are \u201crebooting\u201d the Red Scare baselessly against \u201cDemocratic Socialists\u201d while ignoring that these aren\u2019t mere \u201csocialists\u201d (as if that would make it any better). These are Marxists by definition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CNN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5944016-kaitlan-collins-pushes-back-on-trump-rhetoric-democratic-socialism-is-not-communism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kaitlan Collins <\/a>utilized the same spin when trying to respond to Trump\u2019s comments about \u201cgodless communists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile Democrats themselves have been wrestling with what Tuesday night means for the direction of their party, socialism, much less democratic socialism, is not communism,\u201d Collins asserted. Her commentary did little to support that assertion or explain why self-described socialists continue to invoke and use Marxist language and ideology. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5940090-darializa-avila-chevalier-new-york-primary-win-mandani-endorsement-communist-rhetoric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> an article about how Chevalier \u201csays she won\u2019t respond to being called a communist\u201d (prior to CNN\u2019s reporting about her explicit communist posts). The article attempts to differentiate between socialism and communism and, given that Chevalier was endorsed by Mamdani, says that \u201cMamdani and his backers have advocated for city-run grocery stores, free healthcare, free transportation and higher taxes on the rich to even the economic playing field in the Big Apple.\u201d The Hill omitted Mamdani\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZohranKMamdani\/status\/1242875680796430337?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explicit use<\/a> of Marxist language.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An outlet called <a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/world\/trumps-red-scaremongering-is-likely-to-be-counterproductive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Wire<\/a> published an op-ed Tuesday by Manoj Joshi titled \u201cTrump\u2019s Red Scaremongering is Likely to Be Counterproductive.\u201d Joshi says that while Trump did grow up at a time when the Red Scare \u201cwas based on a fear of the Soviet Union and the alleged violent activities of their agents in the country, the current bogeymen are people like \u2026 Mamdani\u201d \u2014 as if Mamdani has not explicitly used Marxist language.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When candidates \u2014 and sitting elected officials \u2014 openly champion Marxist ideology and language, it\u2019s not Republicans \u201crebooting\u201d a Red Scare. 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