The group in charge of this year’s celebration of America’s 250th birthday have angered many online by highlighting the so-called “Four Freedoms” touted by President Franklin Roosevelt.
Not the Bee points out that the third of the four ideals, “freedom from want,” is straight out of the Marxist/communist handbook.
Here is the X post from the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission that has people up in arms:
Spoken during a moment of global uncertainty, the Four Freedoms helped define what America stood for — and continues to stand for. ?ﾟﾇﾸ (1/2) pic.twitter.com/yvknrDykFQ
— America250 (@America250) January 6, 2026
Besides “freedom from want,” the others are freedom of worship, freedom of speech and freedom from fear.
Notes NTB: “Yes, the ‘freedom from want’ … is pulled straight out of Soviet propaganda. …
“People weren’t happy with America250 for honoring our Stalin-loving former president’s commie rhetoric.”
Celebrating the socialist campaign positions of FDR as fundamental to American history was not what I expected when I hit the follow button
— Tom Pappert (@realTomPappert) January 7, 2026
Wtf is this garbage? Who is running this account? And how long ago did you have your breasts removed?
— Read The Signs (@Semiogogue) January 7, 2026
Please stop celebrating one of the worst presidents we ever had. Freedom from want and fear? What did that even mean?
— JG (@JGeisst) January 6, 2026
Other posters called on President Trump to replace the head of the commission.
Some noted that FDR interned thousands of Americans during World War II based on their heritage.
You know I was never a huge fan of FDR but I think we should honor his legacy this year by having Trump become a dictator and throw every Somali, Congolese, Senegalese, Eritrean, Ghanan, and Ethiopian in internment camps. https://t.co/k4Of6HoiiK
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) January 7, 2026
Brianna Lyman posted to X: “Making up a right like ‘freedom from want,’ and then pretending this is a core American value, is shameless revisionist history.
