The RNC’s new "Victims of Socialism" campaign features a montage, as well as individual videos, of several people warning about socialism after their home nation, Venezuela, was spun into civil and economic disarray.
One man identified as Amed G. says “the American people need to protect the United States from the socialist politics.”
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says “when you hear firsthand from people from Venezuela or Cuba who have dealt with socialism, who've been driven from their countries, who've dealt with the poverty and the instability it brings to their government, I think it really resonates. So we've launched VictimsOfSocialism.org so we can hear their stories firsthand and it is very powerful."
After shifting to a clip of Ocasio-Cortez giving an impassioned speech, a woman appeared to describe how she and others made a terrible mistake in ignoring warnings about socialism.
Karla N., who fled Venezuela, says “of course, we made a terrible mistake. You know? We didn't listen. Many people warned us and said ... 'you need to stop this' and 'you do not need to go for this.' And unfortunately, we made the error of saying, 'that's not going to happen in Venezuela.”