Republican congressman of Florida, and tea party darling Allen West said today that he believed that over 80 democratic members of congress were communist. Rep. West said that the Congressional Progressive Caucus was just a codename for a communist society in the US. While these remarks are untrue, they remind many people of when Senator Joe McCarthy stood up, and told the world that there were communists in the state department. Senator McCarthy's actions ignited a firestorm, and resulted in a series of witch hunts for the capture of these so called "communists". Senator West's remarks show a truly divided congress that uses foolish, lie-filled banter, used to hurl at the other side of the aisle, so that whichever party can try to blame the other guys for incompetence.
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