This is such a Republican question and they are trying to scare people off with the word "Socialism" without adding context to it.
Obama was considered a "Socialist."
Hell, even MLK was.
The average American doesn't know wtf Socialism is, they are just going by their own ignorance.
This. I don't know who to blame, the media for perpetrating the Red Scare in 2020, or the American people for not being informed despite having the entire internet at their disposal