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freepcrusher
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« on: June 18, 2012, 08:03:50 PM »
« edited: June 18, 2012, 08:05:52 PM by freepcrusher »
I don't mind communists and am no red-baiter but is it true that there have been members of congress who have had past ties to CPUSA?

A few I've heard of off the top of my head:
Gus Hawkins D-CA 1963-1990
Parren Mitchell D-MD 1971-1986
George Crockett D-MI 1981-1990
Charles Porter D-OR 1957-1960
Ted Weiss D-NY 1977-1992
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2012, 06:48:55 PM »
Ron Dellums might have had CPUSA ties. He did describe himself as a socialist, after all.
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2012, 08:18:25 AM »
Quote from: PioneerProgress on June 19, 2012, 06:48:55 PM
Ron Dellums might have had CPUSA ties. He did describe himself as a socialist, after all.

Socialist and Communist are two different things (although I don't know what context Dellums said that in so, who knows). 
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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2012, 10:35:15 AM »
Quote from: Mr. X on June 20, 2012, 08:18:25 AM
(although I don't know what context Dellums said that in so, who knows). 

Probably in the context of being a member of the DSOC, which was not exactly full of fellow travellers.
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