CNN CNN Special Report November 28, 2021 15:37:00
Was happening because of treason at home. >> even if there's only one communist in the state department, that would still be one communist too many. >> now a candy manufacturer named robert welsh picked up mccarthy's baton. >> our first job is to stop the communists. >> in 1958 he founded the john birch society, a conspiracy-driven movement that would have a profound impact on the gop for decades to come. >> for a lot of people in that confusing post-war period, they wanted the easy answers and people like the john birch society gave them easy answers. >> everywhere they looked, the birchers, ...