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Democratic Representative Vicente Gonzalez and seven other Democrats voted with Republicans to condemn socialism.

Democratic Representative Vicente Gonzalez and seven other Democrats defected from their party leadership to vote with House Republicans on a resolution condemning socialism. The measure also called for an election security crackdown and endorsed the enactment of the SAVE America Act, which is a primary legislative priority of President Trump.

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Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries opposed the resolution, describing it as an effort to rig the midterm elections. However, several moderate Democrats, including Vicente Gonzalez, Don Davis, Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Gabe Vasquez, Henry Cuellar, Kathy Castor, and Darren Soto, voted with the Republicans. Representative Vicente Gonzalez stated that he does not have a major problem with voter identification and noted that most Americans do not agree with socialist proposals. Other centrist Democrats, including Josh Gottheimer, Hillary Scholten, Jared Moskowitz, and Tom Suozzi, opposed the measure because it included the SAVE America Act provision. These representatives sought an amendment to remove the elections bill provision, but the amendment was not approved for a floor vote.

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