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McCarthyism
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Apr 15, 2026
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Heather Cox Richardson·Apr 15, 2026
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McCarthyism created a harmful environment by baselessly labeling political opponents as communists to fuel a witch hunt.
“McCarthy was the senator from Wisconsin who had the, you know, said everybody that he didn't like basically was a communist and, you know, basically just blacklisted a whole bunch of people and created sort of a witch hunt.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 325K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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