A Republican lawmaker criticized candidates he called “communist,” cited examples ranging from deleted social posts to thermostat guidance in New York, and said House Republicans will press ahead this week with reconciliation and appropriations work.

A United States congressman recounted fleeing Cuba as a child, showed then-and-now images of Havana and Miami, and warned that socialist policies threaten freedom in the United States, citing personal experience under the Castro government and recent Cuban protests.

A lawmaker at a House Republican conference meeting said "freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction," framed the midterms as an existential choice, and described elements of the Democratic Socialists of America platform as threats to U.S. institutions.

At a House Republican conference event, U.S. Rep. Carlos Jimenez described fleeing Castro's Cuba and warned about the consequences of communism; Republican speakers used his testimony to criticize Democratic and left‑wing candidates and to frame the midterm choice as existential for U.S. freedoms.

Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.