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A Green New Deal ignites an old red scare

In February, a congressman from Utah started a caucus. This is not hard to do. You just file some paperwork. There are hundreds of caucuses in Congress. There’s a wine caucus. There’s a horse caucus. There’s a Mongolia caucus. There are caucuses for hockey, for shellfish, for unexploded ordnance. Rep. Chris Stewart, R, wanted an anti-socialism caucus.

Stewart came up with the idea after watching some Democrats withhold applause for one of President Donald Trump’s big lines during the State of the Union in January: “Tonight, we renew our resolve that American will never.