The End of McCarthy — and the End of Trump
4 min readJul 25, 2018
Is Trump a different kind of American demagogue? Or will he rise and fall spectacularly just like Joe McCarthy.
The recent hearings over FBI agent Peter Strzok were little more than an interesting spectacle. Republicans harangued the experienced agent for his anti-Trump text messages while Democrats attempted to fight back. The day might not have resulted in anything substantive, but it…