At a town hall meeting on April 10, 2012, in Palm City, Fla., Tea Party-backed freshman Rep. Allen West was asked by a man in the audience: “What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card-carrying Marxists or neo-Castro Socialists?”
Former Florida Republican Congressman Allen West claimed that 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party in the House were members of the Communist Party, specifically pointing to the Congressional Progressive Caucus. West faced significant backlash and was called McCarthy-esque.
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