Reedy told me that what marveled him most was McCarthy's ability to ask questions or make statements insinuating something evil about a person he was questioning without formally lodging an allegation.
McCarthy's questions whipped up hysteria that marked those he questioned as "Guilty as charged" without a shred of evidence.
A listener almost certainly believed Sen. Harris was accusing ICE of being like the KKK, while she offered the same qualification that Reedy said was McCarthy's trademark in questioning.
ADVERTISEMENT. His crusade against communists made him famous, but his lesser-known targets were homosexuals he wanted to root out from government - a campaign historians dubbed as McCarthy's "Lavender scare." He argued that homosexuals were as dangerous to national security as communists.
The art of McCarthy's nuanced insinuation was on full display during a 1952 speech addressing Secretary of State Dean Acheson's decision to fire 54 gay workers at the State Department.
A few seconds later, McCarthy stopped short of calling for gays to be eradicated from State, and instead quoted Sens.
When Harris sought to make a backhanded comparison between ICE and the KKK, she cited a "Perception." When McCarthy tried to tie gays to communists, he cited a "Conception."
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/417137-kamala-harris-and-a-21st-century-example-of-mccarthyism
McCarthy's questions whipped up hysteria that marked those he questioned as "Guilty as charged" without a shred of evidence.
A listener almost certainly believed Sen. Harris was accusing ICE of being like the KKK, while she offered the same qualification that Reedy said was McCarthy's trademark in questioning.
ADVERTISEMENT. His crusade against communists made him famous, but his lesser-known targets were homosexuals he wanted to root out from government - a campaign historians dubbed as McCarthy's "Lavender scare." He argued that homosexuals were as dangerous to national security as communists.
The art of McCarthy's nuanced insinuation was on full display during a 1952 speech addressing Secretary of State Dean Acheson's decision to fire 54 gay workers at the State Department.
A few seconds later, McCarthy stopped short of calling for gays to be eradicated from State, and instead quoted Sens.
When Harris sought to make a backhanded comparison between ICE and the KKK, she cited a "Perception." When McCarthy tried to tie gays to communists, he cited a "Conception."
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/417137-kamala-harris-and-a-21st-century-example-of-mccarthyism
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