What did McCarthy claim in his speech in front of the Senate on February 20th, 1950?

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Keon Pacheco

31 May, 04:54

What did McCarthy claim in his speech in front of the Senate on February 20th, 1950?

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During a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican-Wisconsin) claims that he has a list with the names of over 200 members of the Department of State that are "known communists." The speech vaulted McCarthy to national prominence and sparked a nationwide hysteria about subversives in the American government.