Few speak the truth as clearly and succinctly as House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Appearing on ABC's "This Week," co-host Jonathan Karl challenged the speaker's calling the recent No King rallies "Hate America Rallies," calling them "the modern Democratic Party."

Johnson responded that "there is a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party . . . just look what is happening in New York. They are about to elect an open socialist Marxist as mayor of America's largest city."

Johnson did not also note that this "socialist Marxist" has been endorsed by New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The data bear out clearly what Johnson is saying.

Per Gallup polling of one month ago, 66 percent of Democrats said they have a positive view of socialism, compared to 42 percent saying they have a positive........

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