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1/ Yesterday's and today's behavior by the president's defense team made me think of the Army-McCarthy hearings and the despicable behavior of Senator McCarthy and his chief counsel Roy Cohn (mentor to 45).
2/ Harvard law dean Ervin Griswold described McCarthy's role as "judge, jury, prosecutor, castigator, and press agent, all in one." Sound like the power the GOP wants to give to the current president?
3/ But the most dramatic comparison w today was a dialogue between Sen. McCarthy and Joe Welch,the lawyer representing the Army after McCarthy accused the Army of lax security. McCarthy diverted to charge that a young lawyer on Welch's staff had ties to a Communist organization.
4/ Welch responded: "Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness....Let us not assassinate this lad further, senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?"
5/ Overnight, McCarthy's immense national popularity evaporated. Censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy died three years later, 48 years old and a broken man.

That takes us to the crucial question of today:
6/ Where is any Republican who will challenge the equally shameful behavior of 45 or at least stand up for a fair trial with witnesses and documents?
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