Elections · 2026-09-10
Congress could be controlled by a communist caucus after the midterms
Misleading
Trump equated Democratic socialists with communists and warned of a communist takeover of Congress.
What the evidence shows
Democratic socialists are not synonymous with communists and represented a small minority of congressional candidates.
What happened next
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Assessment notes
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