If You Listened to Trump’s Speech, You Heard the Voice of Joe McCarthy
“In the Cold War, we had an ideological screening test. The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today.”
“In the Cold War, we had an ideological screening test. The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today.”
Like Joe McCarthy, Trump and Cruz see secret enemy Muslims and share a McCarthy plan to destroy them.
A number of Republicans have signaled their willingness to revisit one of America’s darkest eras when innuendo, suspicion, and false accusations cost many their freedom, livelihood, and reputation.