During a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican-Wisconsin) claims that he has a list with the names of over 200 members of the ... read more
Yes there were actual communists, but no plot was ever uncovered to overthrow the U.S. government or anything along those lines that McCarthy frequently suggested. read more
Joseph Raymond McCarthy, a relatively obscure Republican senator from Wisconsin, announces during a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, that he has in his hand a list of 205 communists who have infiltrated the U.S. State Department. read more