This Day In Free Speech
February 8
In 1950, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy charged in a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, that the State Department was full of Communists and Communist sympathizers who were shaping American policy in ways that aided an international Communist conspiracy. "I have in my hand 57 cases of individuals who would appear to be either card-carrying members or certainly loyal to the Communist Party but who are nevertheless still helping to shape our foreign policy," McCarthy claimed. The speech was a sensation and soon made McCarthy the leader in the growing Red Scare.
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