The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 2 passed H. Con. Res. 9, a bill “denouncing the horrors of socialism.”
The bill was introduced by Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.). It passed in a bipartisan 327–86 vote. All Republicans and 109 Democrats voted in favor of the measure. Thirteen Democrats voted present.
Salazar explained her rationale for unveiling the bill in comments to NTD, a sister media outlet to The Epoch Times.
“Because 44 percent of Americans believe the Communist Manifesto is better than the Declaration of Independence,” Salazar said.
Salazar represents Miami, the world capital of communist refugees fleeing from the socialist systems of Cuba, Venezuela, and others in the Southern Hemisphere. She grew up in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, where she experienced the deprivation of basic essentials that has historically been part and parcel of socialist states….}