Trump's July 4 speech signals GOP's renewed push to frame opponents as communists

The president's inaccurate invocation of the Declaration of Independence capped weeks of escalating anti-communist messaging from Republicans following the rise of democratic socialist candidates.

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President Donald Trump on Saturday incorrectly attributed a biblical phrase to the Declaration of Independence as he warned against communism during a Fourth of July speech in Washington.

The remarks came amid an escalating Republican effort to portray Democrats and progressive policies as communist or Marxist before next year’s …