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“Are You Still a Marxist?”: Republican Senator Goes Full McCarthy (newrepublic.com)

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Louisiana Senator John Kennedy resurrected the Red Scare on Thursday, reminding everyone that McCarthyism never really died—just fell into a bit of a coma.

Republican lawmakers spent the better part of a Senate Judiciary hearing grilling Biden judicial nominee Melissa Dubose, but few more than Kennedy, who outright demanded to know if she was “still a Marxist.”

“I am not, nor have ever been, a Marxist,” replied DuBose.

But Kennedy wasn’t satisfied with that, instead citing a 2000 interview she gave to the “feminist press” Women’s Studies Quarterly, in which she told the interviewer that shortly after graduating Providence College, she began working at Little Connie’s, a local coffee shop, where she said students from a private, progressive high school had her “in a Marxist phase.”

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[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Senator, when did you stop beating your wife?

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

When she died.

[–] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Should have replied with "Are you still a Russian asset?"

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Senator Kennedy, are you still a Nazi shit stain?

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Rather a Marxist then a McCarthyist, senator.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Heard an interview yesterday where a prominent politician repeatedly called the Democratic Party the "Democrat Party" just like McCarthy.

It was Joe Manchin.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 9 months ago

Is this the guy running for president ?