Wendy Sherman: “They are intent on using the debt limit to attack Social Security, which was attacked by Republicans as socialist at the…”

“They are intent on using the debt limit to attack Social Security, which was attacked by Republicans as socialist at the time, the 1930s, and by Paul Ryan, more recently. They are here to attack Medicare as socialist as was done by Ronald Reagan on a whole LP album denouncing Medicare as socialism. They are here with this resolution to say that any social program can be equated with the greatest mass murderers in history. This resolution is not just a waste of time. It is a pernicious attack on the programs that American people support. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to take a moment to thank my colleague for his fulsome defense of socialism and historical socialists. I think that was the most intellectually honest piece of debate we have had here on the House floor. If this resolution were just simply to draw out my Democrat colleagues to just say, yes, they are in favor of socialism, maybe this is a worthwhile endeavor. Again, this is not my resolution. It was reported to my committee. We are reporting out this resolution as Ms. Salazar of Florida presented and wrote because this is the early stages of the House. This came straight to the House floor rather than through the committee markup. It came through the Rules Committee.…”