The history of McCarthyism
This weekend, President Trump compared Robert Mueller's probe to McCarthyism. But what was McCarthyism? And how does it compare to our current historical moment? MPR News host Kerri Miller talked to historian Elizabeth Cobbs, a professor of American history at Texas A&M University about McCarthyism and populism.
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