Trump resurrects oldest GOP scare tactic over democratic socialist wins 74.5%
Salon.com - By Heather Digby Parton - 7/7/2026, 12:37 PM
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It was only a matter of time before Donald Trump went full Joe McCarthy. Since the president first entered politics, he’s been using many of the classic Red Scare tactics: enemies lists, purges, denaturalization, expulsions, jailing of political opposition. It’s been done before, here and elsewhere. But it looks like Trump now sees it as... more