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2. However, the GOP didn't fall lockstep in line with McCarthy.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 06:22 PM

Oct 10

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Indeed, it was Republican President Eisenhower:

"Eisenhower quietly pressured Republican senators to support the eventual Senate vote to censure McCarthy in December 1954 for 'conduct unbecoming a Senator'. "

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It's also the party that produced Joseph McCarthy, so I'm not seeing any irony like ol' Stuart is. tanyev Oct 10 #1

However, the GOP didn't fall lockstep in line with McCarthy. Wednesdays Oct 10 #2

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To my simple mind, Codifer Oct 11 #7