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Tag: 1953

“At Long last, Sir, Have You Left No Sense of Decency?”

November 20, 2025June 9, 2026 Gordon Harris3 Comments
Joseph Mccarthy: "I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party."

On June 9, 1954, before a nationwide television audience, Joseph Welch of Waltham replied to Joseph McCarthy, "Until this moment, Senator, I think I have never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness."

Posted in Commentary, PeopleTagged 1953, conspiracy, Politics
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