"The House Republicans literally kept the entire House of Representatives in session today for one purpose, and one purpose only. Which was, to vote on their resolution denouncing and deploring the horrors of socialism. They even conscripted Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison to the cause, even though they died before the word socialism was even being used, Raskin mused."
"But in any event, while we were being forced to vote on that utterly ridiculous resolution essentially offending all of our allies in Sweden and Denmark and Norway and Finland and so on, the president was praising Mamdani as a great mayor and someone who is very rational and could be dealt with in the meantime. Again, the Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump were moving in completely opposite directions."
"Mamdani was asked about the resolution during an Oval Office press conference, but he demurred, saying, I have to be honest with you, I focus very little on resolutions, frankly, he said. I think the focus is on the work at hand, Mamdani continued. I can tell you I am someone who is a democratic socialist. I've been very open about that. I know there might be differenc"
House Republicans kept the House in session to pass a resolution denouncing and deploring the horrors of socialism and invoked Jefferson and Madison. The House approved the resolution 285-98. One Democratic congressman criticized the resolution as utterly ridiculous and noted the irony of condemning socialism while the president praised mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as rational and negotiable. Dozens of Democrats, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, voted to condemn socialism; the protesting congressman voted against the resolution. Mamdani declined to engage with the resolution, saying he focuses on the work at hand and identifying himself as a democratic socialist.
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