Sign the petition to Congress: Don’t let Speaker Johnson start another Red Scare
Don’t let Speaker Johnson start another Red Scare House Speaker Mike Johnson just branded his political opponents as “communists” — and then suggested the U.S. military should be used against them here at home. While pushing a massive new Pentagon funding package, Johnson claimed the military needs resources for “fighting communism on our own shores.” That language is right out of the Red Scare. And in Trump’s America, it's terrifying. We have seen what happens when politicians turn dissent into an enemy. The last Red Scare ruined lives, targeted unions, smeared civil rights leaders, chilled free speech, and treated ordinary Americans as threats. Congress cannot let Johnson and Trump drag us back there. Tell Congress: Reject any Pentagon funding package tied to Johnson’s Red Scare fearmongering and protect Americans’ right to dissent. Trump and his allies are already targeting immigrants, protesters, democratic socialists, and anyone they label the “enemy within.” Johnson’s comme...