David Frum

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@ThePlumLineGS Weeks and months of McCarthy dramatics ensued. And when it came time to deliver, what McCarthy was able to produce was: that an Army dentist at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, had been promoted from captain to major despite (probably) lying when he signed a form disavowing communism. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 13, 2023

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@ThePlumLineGS The McCarthy parallel is very apt. Joe McCarthy alleged a vast communist conspiracy pervaded the "deep state" of his day. He focused especially on the US Army. He convened hearings very like those planned by Jim Jordan. https://t.co/mAm5NVPZdl — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 13, 2023

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The major's name was Irving Peress, and "Who promoted Peress?" became the great proof point of McCarthy's otherwise unfounded accusations against the security agencies of his day. The Jordan hearings will likely go in the same direction, likely minus the antisemitic undertone. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 13, 2023