“This November, we’re going to defeat the radical socialist Democrats that are right down the street,” he blared. The conflict over socialism is far from settled — even within the Democratic Party. “Democratic socialism means to me requiring and achieving political and economic freedom in every community in this country,” he said in June. But Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a Sanders supporter and fellow democratic socialist, has quickly become one of the most electrifying politicians in the country. “This election is a choice between American freedom and Democratic socialism, and in some cases, in my opinion, it’s worse than socialism,” Trump said in one of 10 mentions of socialism during his speech in Des Moines on Thursday.

Source: Washington Post February 01, 2020 11:01 UTC