Some on the right still see McCarthyism as worth celebrating

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Steve Bannon believes Joe McCarthy and his panel on “un-American activities” were 'extremely, extremely helpful.” He's not alone. (via MaddowBlog)

about his perceived foes engaging in “McCarthyism.” As the former president sees it, to emulate the late Sen. Joe McCarthy and his demagogic tactics is to engage in obvious wrongdoing.

Occasionally, however, Trump’s allies have a very different perspective on the Wisconsin Republican and his scandalous methods. Consider Steve Bannon’s“What people forget is that the McCarthy hearings and the House Un-American Activities [Committee] were quite productive in turfing out communists, right? KGB communists that were deeply embedded in the State Department and other elements of the government, it should have gone further. ... The McCarthy hearings were extremely, extremely helpful.

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