I worked with a woman whose grandparents died in the Ukraine under Lenin. In 2004 she was furious that anyone would support John Kerry or his allies in the Dem party. She was also shocked that so few knew about the famine in the Ukraine. Walter Duranty’s lies have worked, all these years. And the NYT has never returned its Pulitzer.
At least a few of our legislators have ties to the Communist Party.
Jackie Goldberg, termed out last year, is one.
Richard Alarcón, also termed out last year, has a sister (Evelina Alarcon) who is is the former Chair of the Southern California District of the Communist Party USA and Secretary of its National Mexican American Equality Commission. I'm sure there are many whose associations are not quite so obvious. Even our "moderate"
Governor Schwarzengger, pays tribute to Stalin and Lenin by having busts of their images at his home and office.