Democratic socialism, socialism, and communism are distinct concepts, and current Republican political rhetoric falsely equates support for government-regulated services with socialism or communism.

“Zoran Mandani is I can never say that for me the N's and the M's are reversed. Zoron Mandani, there we go, is not a socialist and he is not a communist. That matters simply because uh he is a democratic socialist, which is not the same thing as a socialist or a communist.”