The Republicans are pointing out that Bernie Sanders went to the Soviet Union for a little hugfest back in the 1980s:

The RNC's communications director just emailed out this image. Subject line: bernie ❤️s commies pic.twitter.com/9fOdQTkVoE — Nicole Goodkind (@NicoleGoodkind) May 3, 2019

Bernie honeymooned in the Soviet Union, fawned over their govt-run health care and bashed America during the Cold War Then he visited Cuba, and praised murderous commie dictator Fidel Castro's "revolution" Bernie <3's commies, according to WaPo https://t.co/RNejIDARu1 — Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) May 3, 2019

The “People for Bernie” took offense but had a rebuttal at the ready. First, don’t be drinking anything when reading it. Ready? Ok, here goes…

The RNC officially comes out against Bernie visiting the Soviet Union *checks notes* the same year as Ronald Reagan

https://t.co/jHZxC1Kyun — People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) May 3, 2019

#Spittake

Really? Wow…

Did Reagan criticize his own country on Soviet soil? Thoughts on Castro? Are the people down with Fidel's "revolution of values," where he murdered thousands of his own people?https://t.co/5GuwnuLAGYhttps://t.co/rjVeZuLsgP — Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) May 3, 2019

Bernie is beyond radical His take on Fidel Castro's communist Cuba: "The revolution there is far deeper and more profound than I understood it to be. It really is a revolution in terms of values” America will never be a socialist (or communist) nation! — Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) May 3, 2019

Yeah, the president visiting an adversary to ratify a treaty is just like a Soviet fanboy choosing to honeymoon in a commie hellhole https://t.co/7MzOaEv2gw — Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) May 3, 2019

We haven’t seen anything funnier than the attempt to compare Sanders to Reagan in quite some time.

Reagan went to break the chains of communist slavery. Bernie went as if on a pilgrimage to his philosophical hometown to consort & conspire w/ his fellow travelers. The reason why we don’t question your ideas anymore is because we already know they lead to the deaths of millions. — Poverty Sucks (@IMProFromDover) May 3, 2019

Bernie was on the soviet side, hello. He was talking about how great their system was when they were rationing food and often had no meat in grocery stores. — America, you're in danger girl… (@OverUnderClover) May 3, 2019

Aaaand we’re officially dead.