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Joe Lieberman: “What would such a ban have meant in June 1950 when Senator Margaret Chase Smith... spoke out against Senator Joseph…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2012
What would such a ban have meant in June 1950 when Senator Margaret Chase Smith... spoke out against Senator Joseph McCarthy?
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Lieberman references Smith's stand against McCarthy to discuss civility in Congress.

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