Why Michigan voters are hearing ‘communist’ as they vote Tuesday
... Democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier, who took down Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., in a Democratic primary in June, maintained a since-deleted Twitter account on the platform now known as X. There she included calls to “seize the means of production” and a quip that the now-candidate wiped her hands on an American flag. Trump seized on the latter tweet in a recent interview with CNBC.
Chevalier has since told MS NOW that she is not a communist. She called the focus on her past commentary a “distraction.” ...
This story fails to mention Abdul El-Sayed's proposal for the federal government to take a 50+1 stake in AI.
Most of the coverage of El-Sayed instead emphasizes that he says he's not technically a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, just as Chevalier insists she's not a commie.
