Ryan Lizza

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Ryan Lizza @RyanLizza

Everyone has a pet historical analogue to Trump but McCarthy holds up well. This is a 1982 review of a book on McCarthy & media: “levelled accusations of treason at people he knew nothing about,” “lied with such boldness that he distracted a nation and shot it full of distrust.” https://t.co/wDozbMmGZN — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 30, 2019 Hibernated

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I was doing some reading on Joe McCarthy and noticed that his reign of demagoguery and disinformation lasted exactly 4 years, 4 months—from 1950 speech about communists at State to “have you no sense of decency?” It‘s been 4 years, 3 1/2 months since Trump’s announcement speech. — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy seemed invincible for 4 years and then suddenly support for him collapsed. Former cheerleaders acted like they barely knew him. The media was especially apologetic, because it realized he took advantage of a newish mid-century norm about covering both sides objectively. — PolitiTweet.org

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