Kaitlan Collins pushes back on Trump rhetoric: Democratic socialism ‘is not communism’

CNN’s chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins pushed back on President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about the rise of democratic socialism in the U.S., which Trump has incorrectly conflated with communism, following several victories from progressive House candidates in New York primaries.

During “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” on Friday, the CNN anchor aired remarks Trump made earlier that day at the annual Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference, where he described democratic socialists as “hardcore Godless communists” and “the most serious threat to our country since its existence.”

Collins challenged the president’s “border apocalyptic” comments that America could become a communist nation.

“While Democrats themselves have been wrestling with what Tuesday night means for the direction of their party, socialism,........

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