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Democrats in Congress refused to denounce socialism.
Only 8 democrats voted with Republicans to condemn it. All of those are in competitive races, so they couldn't vote the way they wanted, or they might lose their seat.
The German National Socialist Party (NAZIS): 20.9 million
The Russian Federated Republic can add another 3.3 million
North Korea accounts for an estimated 3.1 million
Cambodia – 2.6 million
The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan – 1.75 million
Vietnam – 1.7 million
The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia – 1.3 million
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – 1.1 million
The Chinese Soviet Republic adds another 700,000
The People's Republic of Mozambique – 700,000
The Socialist Republic of Romania – 435,000
The People's Republic of Bulgaria – 235,000
The People's Republic of Angola – 125,000
The Mongolian People's Republic – 100,000
The People's Socialist Republic of Albania – 100,000
The Republic of Cuba – 73,000
The German Democratic Republic – 70,000
The Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia – 65,000
The Lao People's Democratic Republic – 56,000
The Hungarian People's Republic – 27,000
The People's Republic of Poland – 22,000
The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen – 1,000
Democrats at nearly every level of politics refuse to denounce a system that resulted in approximately 170 million deaths (probably more) – as a reflection of direct government action or in the shadow of socialist policy.