The alarming similarities between Donald Trump and Joe McCarthy

A veteran journalist, whose claim to fame has been his dogged reporting on the Watergate cover-up, walks through the alarming similarities between Donald Trump and Joseph McCarthy


Carl Bernstein notes that it is an important moment for the press to look at history; Trump has been following McCarthy's, the controversial US Senator from Wisconsin, authoritarian playbook.

McCarthy’s knack for smearing American institutions for political gain is remarkably similar to what Trump has been doing since the start of his campaign.

McCarthy smeared American institutions, including the Department of the Army, the United States Information Agency, the voice of America, etc. ; Trump has smeared Federal judges, the intelligence community, military Gold Star families, an American war heroes, a former POTUS, etc. McCarthy accused people of treason, exactly like Donald Trump did the other day.

Donald Trump mimics, reembodies to a large extent the tactics, techniques and methodology of McCarthy, the constant smears of immigrants, of Mexicans, those he opposes, the belittling of them, little this, little him.
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Bernstein said, “We never had a POTUS who was an authoritarian demagogue before, who issues these kind of smears and lies daily. This is extraordinary. We need to look at it as a country. We need to look at our history. Let’s see what McCarthy looked like and put up the video next to Donald Trump"

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The far-right, Alex Jones et al, has been attempting to rewrite history about McCarthy and paint him as a dedicated American attempting to protect the U.S. The demagoguery Senator from WI, was ultimately censored by the Senate
for conduct unbecoming of a senator

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