The Reason... is not because our only powerful potential enemy
has sent men to invade our shores... but rather because of the
traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by this
Nation....
This is glaringly true in the State Department. There the bright
young men who are born with silver spoons in their mouths are the
ones who have been most traitorous....
Speeches like this led to...
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R
R
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Joseph McCarthy, speech at Wheeling, West Virginia,
February 9, 1950
A fear that communism had infiltrated the US
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C
Fear that communism was too powerful to be contained
Fear that Democracy was going to ruin foreign relations
D Fear that Democracy had infiltrated the US