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Lawmaker warns of ‘communist’ candidates and touts GOP budget push
Summary
A Republican lawmaker criticized candidates he called “communist,” cited examples ranging from deleted social posts to thermostat guidance in New York, and said House Republicans will press ahead this week with reconciliation and appropriations work.
A Republican lawmaker used a floor-style speech to warn that candidates he called “communist” threaten American freedoms and to preview upcoming Republican-led budget work.
The lawmaker opened by saying “What a powerful tale that Carlos told,” and described it as a cautionary example of what happens when leaders offer empty promises. He contrasted life under authoritarian regimes — referencing Fidel Castro and “over 60 years” without the free elections Castro once promised — with the freedoms he said Republican leadership defends.
The speech accused some recent electoral candidates, and persons named in the transcript as “Madami” or “Mondami,” of promoting what the speaker described as collectivist policies. He said one candidate had deleted “over 4,000 tweets,” and accused another of symbolic actions including wiping hands on an American flag and calling to defund prisons and police. As an example of policy he labeled collectivist, the lawmaker described a New York statement urging residents to set thermostats at 78 degrees during a heat wave.
“He wants them to go into your community,” the lawmaker said of the candidates he criticized, and he urged listeners to ask those candidates what country they idealize if they are so critical of the United States.
On congressional business, the lawmaker said the House Budget Committee would move “the beginnings of reconciliation 3.0” out of committee this week and that the House would consider another appropriations bill, signaling an intent to advance the GOP’s legislative agenda.
He closed the remarks by praising House leadership and identifying the speaker of the House as Mike Johnson as leading the effort “to preserve freedom and democracy.” The speech in the transcript did not include responses, formal motions, or votes.
