Watch Rachel from the beginning about a Dem Senator driven to suicide in 1954 by his persecution--

[Hekate]

…over his son’s minor run-in with the D.C. Park police. Senator Joe McCarthy (R) and the rest of the GOPers.

If you or anyone else has been spending the last 24 hours wringing your hands over Joe Biden’s “big mistake” — please, please watch this.

The case she starts with is from 1953-54. The party who did it — the GOP.

[a kennedy]

1. Saw it and cried a bit......he killed himself.

Gawd I wanna get out of this gawd damn country before 45+ gets in. USA IS GONNA BE SO DEAD

[BOSSHOG]

2. McCarthy. Trump. Both served by Roy Cohn

Cohn, the epitome of odious. The clown prince in the court of Republican malfeasance of humanity.

[Horse with no Name]

3. That was heartbreaking

I fully support Biden in pardoning Hunter

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Rachel is doing a great job

[Maeve]

5. Look forward to watching but I've already heard the story on podcast

She does great research!

[dflprincess]

6. The first 20 minutes of her show tonight is all that needs to be said about Hunter's pardon

I did appreciate her comment that maybe things would calm down if Joe made him ambassador to France for the next few weeks.

[nolabear]

7. I posted about it as well. It's chilling.

People will do horrible things. Some should be kept from doing them if at all possible.

[Hekate]

8. I was so grateful to Rachel for this episode. The shame & blame crowd here (of all places) just makes me want to cry...

..in frustration.

Thank you all for your kind comments.

[SunSeeker]

9. Must see TV. This is exactly what Republicans were doing to Biden.

David Weiss was indeed Joseph McCarthy in this scenario.

[Trueblue1968]

10. Thanks Rachel. This segment should go viral.

[gay texan]

11. Wasn't there a CBS journalist who died

By suicide due to McCarthys contant bullshit?

Found it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Hollenbeck#:~:text=Don%20Hollenbeck%20(March%2030%2C%201905,tumultuous%20personal%20and%20professional%20life.

[KT2000]

12. Always worried about that

with Hunter. They wanted him to die - one way or another so they could break the President.

[Hekate]

13. Yes they did -- after awhile it became so obvious to me

[madaboutharry]

15. I thought so too.

The cruelty of it was painful to witness.

[Sneederbunk]

14. This story is from one of her podcasts.

There is a good book on the subject, Dying for Mcarthy's Sins by Rodger McDaniel.

[markodochartaigh]

16. It is also similar to the way that Supreme Court

Justice Abe Fortas was forced off the bench by Nixon's cronies.

[Sneederbunk]

18. Although Fortas was replaced by Harry Blackmun.

One of the most liberal judges ever. Author of Roe vs. Wade.

[markodochartaigh]

20. Justice Blackmun

was also to the left of the consensus on the illegality of homosexual relations, but he wasn't so great on capital punishment.

[Upthevibe]

17. Hekate..........

Thank you for this post....

I DVR Rachel and will watch it tomorrow.

Once again, thanks for the heads up..

[Hekate]

21. You are so, so welcome

Thanks for the kind words

[Cha]

19. Joe Saved his Son from Putin's Puppet's. Full Stop.

Did you have a link for this, Hekate.

[Hekate]

22. I checked You Tube just now, but the most recent Rachel they have is yesterday

Sorry

[Cha]

23. Oh That's Okay.. Malaho! I'll look for

it tomorrow... I read it wrong.

TY for the heads up

[Behind the Aegis]

24. She did a great job with her two podcasts.

Wanna see a dramatized version of this? Watch "Fellow Travellers" with Matt Bomer!

[AntiFascist]

25. What Rachel didn't mention about Joe McCarthy...

and what led to his political downfall were accusations of his own homosexual behavior.

[malaise]

26. Agree

They have been doing this shit for decades.

[electric_blue68]

27. I heard it. Terrible!

[Maeve]

28. Worth the watch, especially given current affairs

Blessings on Joe and his family; politics have taken too much.

[LAS14]

29. She's amazing. She put that together with less than 24 hours to do it. nt