Florida Hardliners Spur Congress to Condemn Socialism

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met with Trump at the White House, the House passed a resolution, sponsored by hard-line Cuban-American Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), to condemn socialism as a “failed ideology and the antithesis of the American Dream.” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is sponsoring the concurrent resolution in the Senate. Salazar and Scott have both advocated for “maximum pressure” sanctions on Cuba, which economists estimate cost the island billions of dollars every year. The resolution's loudest champions trumpet the “failure” of socialism abroad — but work overtime to prevent it from succeeding.