Trump's 'Socialism' Attack On Democrats Has Its Roots In Cold War Fear
NPRTrump's 'Socialism' Attack On Democrats Has Its Roots In Cold War Fear Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Kleponis/Getty Images Chris Kleponis/Getty Images There's a huge 2020 Democratic field forming for the chance to take on President Trump. And while those two potentially embody the core split within the Democratic primary – pragmatism vs. pugilism – Trump will be waiting in the general election with another distinction he hopes to make: "socialism" vs. "The Democrat Party has never been more outside of the mainstream," Trump said in El Paso, Texas, on Monday night in what was his first campaign rally of 2019. Sponsor Message "At the end of the day, politics and elections are typically binary choices," said Andy Surabian, who worked in the 2016 Trump campaign war room, was political director for Tea Party Express and is now a political adviser to Donald Trump Jr. "The biggest gift to Trump is for Democrats to nominate what I call a 'kneeler,' someone who supports kneeling for the national anthem." The new debate over "socialism" Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Already, many of the Democrats running or thinking about it are embracing Medicare-for-all and the Green New Deal.
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