“Until 1991 and the fall of the USSR and the opening of the KGB archives wherein Joe was proved correct.“
My parents generation of Republicans knew Joe was right all along, so my generation of Republicans grew up holding that belief long before 1991.
What ticks me off is how the proof that came in 1991 made zero difference. Democrats and the MSM still insist McCarthy was a power-happy tyrant who abused his power to ruin innocent people’s lives - and it seems like hardly anyone on our side pushes back.
Same thing with Nixon and the Watergate hoax. Same thing with Trump and the Russia hoax. The Left gets to write the fake news, and after a while the fake news becomes the fake history, which is taught to our children in “history” class.
Anne WhatsHerName wrote a book on the uncovering the truth about Joe but since she’s such a contrarian and publicity hound - her book, other than an initial splash, has been ignored ever since.