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GOP Rep.-Elect Who Grew Up in Ukraine Warns About Socialism
https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-republican-congresswoman-elect-who-grew-up-in-ukraine-warns-about- ^ | November 16, 2020 | JACK PHILLIPS

Posted on 11/17/2020 12:04:02 PM PST by gattaca

A Republican representative-elect from Indiana, who grew up in Ukraine, is warning about efforts by the Democratic Party to steer the United States toward socialism or communism.

Rep.-elect Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) defeated Christiana Hale, a Democrat and a former state legislator, in the Nov. 3 election for Indiana’s 5th Congressional District seat, according to projections from numerous outlets. Spartz will succeed Republican Rep. Susan Brooks, who retired.

Spartz is 1 of 17 newly elected women who will bolster Republicans’ ranks in the next Congress.

Appearing on “Fox and Friends” on Nov. 16, Spartz was asked about the success of GOP women in House races.

“If you think about it, my district is really a snapshot of America,” she said. “We have urban, suburban voters, rural voters. We have a lot of women. And I’m a mother of two daughters. I’m a suburban woman and I think if you look at that I’m really hopeful to see that the majority of people in our country don’t believe in socialist utopic ideas the Democrat Party is now promoting.”

She said that “women believe in the future of their children,” adding that they also “care about good economy, jobs, education, public safety, having good health care and they trust that Republicans can deliver it. So I’m very honored to see that. That is a testament to that.”

Spartz, 42, grew up in the Socialist Republic of Ukraine, which was controlled by the Soviet Union. She left Ukraine for the United States about 20 years ago, and married an American.

“I grew up in a socialistic country. It actually was the Socialist Republic of Ukraine. I was saying, in my 42 years [of age], I grew up in socialism,” she said.

Spartz then issued a stark warning to those who have embraced socialism.

“I saw what happens when it runs out of money,” she said. “And it’s not pretty. I came to America 20 years ago with a suitcase, after meeting my husband on a train in Europe. He’s a raised and born Hoosier. And now, we’re building socialism, I’m kind of going full circles.

“I can tell you what is going to be next,” she said. “It’s very sad for me to see that. And that made, as the mother of two daughters, it made me get involved and do something about it because that’s not very good for our country.”

Spartz noted that under socialist or communist systems, the government “forces us to be equal” and will use “suppression” to do it.

“We have to value our freedoms because we’re the greatest republic that ever existed,” she said.


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1 posted on 11/17/2020 12:04:02 PM PST by gattaca
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To: gattaca

“We have to value our freedoms because we’re the greatest republic that ever existed,”

We are NOT a democracy!
The Founders did NOT want a mob rule democracy.
An immigrant from a socialist hell hole gets it when people born and raised here don’t have a clue.


2 posted on 11/17/2020 12:19:55 PM PST by oldvirginian (Behind enemy lines in the Old Dominion)
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To: gattaca

Good stuff. Dems will stroke out when they hear her talk.


3 posted on 11/17/2020 12:23:02 PM PST by lodi90
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To: oldvirginian

But civics is less important than general studies...

Pathetically short-sighted education system.


4 posted on 11/17/2020 12:30:20 PM PST by jagusafr ( )
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To: gattaca

I’m really hopeful to see that the majority of people in our country don’t believe in socialist utopic ideas the Democrat Party is now promoting.”

Well, if that's so it's a pity they don't vote that way. Socialism will always be attractive to those who think they can get something for nothing.

5 posted on 11/17/2020 12:43:51 PM PST by libertylover (Election 2020: Make America Great Again or Burn it to the Ground. Choose one. Voter fraud is treason)
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To: oldvirginian

If we are free,we are unequal..If we are all equal,we are not free...ALEX SOLZHENITSYN quote.....


6 posted on 11/17/2020 1:16:50 PM PST by Hambone 1934 (WE all know President )
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To: gattaca

My sympathies to her for going from one Socialist hell hole to the same.


7 posted on 11/17/2020 1:36:18 PM PST by Ciexyz (Prayers for America.)
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To: gattaca

Interesting that many of the GOP newcomers are women. I don't know if that is good or bad, but it certainly points to the wimpiness of male GOP candidates. Hopefully the ladies are tougher than the lads.

8 posted on 11/17/2020 1:40:51 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Q is the larpiest larp that ever larped.)
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To: gattaca

Amen!! Americans are thinking that we can be the best socialist country, but we’ll be a failed socialist country, like every other Marxist Country...


9 posted on 11/17/2020 2:24:01 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (We might be DEPLORABLES, but we don't cheat like Dems)
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To: jagusafr

“Pathetically short-sighted education system.”

By design, no doubt.
Hard to teach classes like civics and actual history alongside the thin gruel needed to train good comrades of the state.


10 posted on 11/17/2020 3:07:44 PM PST by oldvirginian (Behind enemy lines in the Old Dominion)
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To: Hambone 1934

“ALEX SOLZHENITSYN”

A great writer who knew firsthand the dangers of socialism. He should be required reading in every school in the country.


11 posted on 11/17/2020 3:11:09 PM PST by oldvirginian (Behind enemy lines in the Old Dominion)
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To: gattaca

75 million socialists in the USA apparently.


12 posted on 11/17/2020 4:15:59 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: gattaca

bttt


13 posted on 02/02/2024 2:27:29 AM PST by linMcHlp
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