WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott announced the introduction of his resolution condemning socialism as a failed ideology and the antithesis of the American Dream. As far-left politicians like Zohran Mamdani in New York openly embrace socialist ideologies, Senator Scott’s resolution serves as a blunt warning that socialism is not just misguided policy, it is a proven path to tyranny, starvation, and death, as has been proven time and time again, and has no place in America. Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar is leading the companion resolution in the House of Representatives.

Senator Scott also recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal calling out the hypocrisy of far-left socialists like New York’s very own Zohran Mamdani.

Senator Rick Scott said, “Socialism is a failed ideology -- it has destroyed countries, crushed economies, and robbed millions of their basic human rights. Just look at Cuba and Venezuela, or talk to any of the thousands of families in my state of Florida who fled those regimes after evil dictators stripped them of every opportunity. Time and time again, socialism has led to the same, inevitable outcomes: misery, poverty, and oppression. It’s despicable to see far-left radicals villainizing capitalism – a system that has helped billions of American achieve their dreams – and try to tear down our country and rebuild it in their woke, radical image through socialist policies. The United States was built on individual freedoms and opportunities, and the right of every individual to pursue the American Dream despite coming from nothing, just like I did. Our resolution is a stark reminder for the far-left: socialism is a failure and Americans will always reject it.”

Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar said, “History is clear: from Stalin’s gulags and Cambodia’s killing fields to Castro’s firing squads in Havana, socialism has always ended in misery, suffering, and death. Entire nations have been destroyed and millions of lives shattered, including many in my own community who fled its brutality. That is why I am proud to introduce this concurrent resolution denouncing the horrors of socialism in the House, alongside Senator Rick Scott, to ensure Congress speaks with one voice in condemning socialism in all its forms, wherever it rears its ugly head. America must always stand as the light of liberty against the darkness of socialism and its false promises of equality.”

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