Describe tactics of senator joseph mccarthy

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Read the quote from Senator Joseph McCarthy and answer the following question.

"While I cannot take the time to name all the men in the State Department who have been named as members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring, have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department."

-Senator Joseph McCarthy, February 9, 1950

Describe the tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy, including the statement above, and explain why few challenged him.

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