WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Democrat candidates across the map have described feeling “disgusted” and “sad” about our country as they demonize patriotism, pledge to topple historic monuments, and increasingly romanticize the dangers of socialism and communism.
“Senate Democrat candidates are campaigning to represent a country they openly despise,” said NRSC National Press Secretary Bernadette Breslin. “By promoting their resentment for America, Democrats have made clear that hatred for this country is baked into their party’s brand—and threatens the very fabric of American life.”
Learn more below about Democrats’ unfiltered hatred for America.
Graham Platner
- “I got older and became a communist.”
- “We’re a country with no honor”
- “I did used to love America, or at least the idea of it. These days I’m pretty disgusted by it all.”
- “I didn’t do anything good for America when I was in uniform.”
- “[D]umb motherfucker didn’t deserve to live.”
Abdul El-Sayed
- “[T]here are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad”
- “When they go low, we don’t go high. We take them to the mud and choke them out.”
- Refused to condemn pro-terrorist sympathizer Hasan Piker who believes America deserved 9/11
- Blamed the U.S. for “creating” terrorism
James Talarico
- “When fascism comes to America, it’ll be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”
- Believes the American flag is a “complicated symbol”
Sherrod Brown
- Wants to tear down the Jefferson Memorial
- Supports an attorney general candidate who vowed to kill President Donald Trump
Roy Cooper
- Suggested America is going back to Jim Crow after the Supreme Court struck down Democrats’ racist gerrymandering scheme
- Campaigned in front of a mural depicting a Marxist radical who believed “racism gets its power from capitalism”
Jon Ossoff
- Owns a media company that was backed by Al Jazeera and a pro-CCP company
- His father, who bankrolled his political career, bought a yacht from a Chinese shipbuilder with ties to the Chinese Communist Party
Mary Peltola
- Rubbed elbows with a former Congressional candidate and socialist who argued his agenda was in lockstep with Bernie Sanders