Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), who represents part of the greater Dallas area, told Fox News this week that whatever Democrats call their party’s leftward drift, it amounts to “essentially communism.”
Gill made the remarks on FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures” while previewing his appearance at this week’s Republican National Convention, an event he said is aimed at boosting the GOP’s midterm chances. Host Jason Chaffetz noted the convention is being held “just a few miles” from Gill’s district and asked him to lay out his message on socialism, communism and the direction of the Democratic Party.
Gill framed the midterms as a choice between two paths. He pointed to what he described as border security gains and falling inflation under President Trump, saying inflation has come down from a peak of 9% to a range of 2-3%. He also said prescription drug prices have dropped 60% since Trump took office.
“Do we want to continue the good work that the president has done to keep the border secure, to get the economy back on track… Or do we want to go back to the America that Democrats created under the Biden administration, where millions of people were pouring across our southern borders, where our cities had turned into violent, chaotic hell holes, where inflation was at 9%, where the price of prescription drugs was unreachable for many Americans?” Gill said.
Turning to the Democratic Party’s ideological direction, Gill argued that labels don’t change what he sees as the underlying substance of the movement.
“Democrats can call it whatever they want. They can call it Democratic socialism. They can call it leftism. They can call it whatever they want, but what it really is, is essentially communism that they want for the United States,” Gill said.
Gill went on to claim that “radical extremists” have pushed the Democratic Party leftward and are now “calling the shots,” pointing to proposals he characterized as defunding the police, abolishing the presidency, abolishing the Senate, and abolishing the Department of War.
“Those are the people who are in charge in the Democratic Party, and we do not want to go back to that type of extremism that we saw under the Biden administration,” Gill said.
Gill’s comments come as he prepares to speak at the Republican National Convention this week, an event Republicans are using to sharpen their message ahead of November’s midterm elections.
