Joseph McCarthy and Margaret Chase Smith were both Republican Senators that had strong opinions about communism. Even though they were both anti-communism, their opinions on communism in the USA were completely opposite of one another. In Senator McCarthy’s Lincoln Day speech to the Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, he talked about how he thought his fellow senators needed to realize that communism is a quickly rising issue, while Senator Smith refutes McCarthy in her “Declaration of Conscience” speech by writing about how she felt that her fellow Republicans were shaming and labeling anyone that was a little bit different or spoke their mind. McCarthy begins his speech by mentioning Abraham Lincoln and how he yearned for
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In her June 1, 1950, speech on the Senate floor, she stated that the nation is constantly living in fear and frustration because all of the false accusations of communism. She repeatedly says “I speak briefly as possible” (Smith) and “I speak simply...” because she is trying to get her points across by speaking simply and succinctly, there is no need for big words. She says that as a Republican in the Senate, she finds it strange that they can discuss differing opinions among themselves and not find anything wrong with it, but as soon as someone that is not a part of the Senate speaks their mind or has a conflicting opinion, they are saddled with the label of an atheist, communist, or both. After she mentions that it’s strange that anyone else they can easily attack with criticism she makes a cynical statement “Surely the United States Senate is big enough to take self-criticism and self-appraisal. Surely we should be able to take the same kind of character attacks that we “dish out” to outsiders.” (Smith) Smith talks about it being past time to look at the way the United States Senate is treating the citizens of the United States as well as each other. She talks about how ridiculous it is that when those who speak of an idea that are considered unpopular get ridiculed and accused of things that no one wants to be accused of. Smith lists four rights that she feels the Senate is
In her June 1, 1950, speech on the Senate floor, she stated that the nation is constantly living in fear and frustration because all of the false accusations of communism. She repeatedly says “I speak briefly as possible” (Smith) and “I speak simply...” because she is trying to get her points across by speaking simply and succinctly, there is no need for big words. She says that as a Republican in the Senate, she finds it strange that they can discuss differing opinions among themselves and not find anything wrong with it, but as soon as someone that is not a part of the Senate speaks their mind or has a conflicting opinion, they are saddled with the label of an atheist, communist, or both. After she mentions that it’s strange that anyone else they can easily attack with criticism she makes a cynical statement “Surely the United States Senate is big enough to take self-criticism and self-appraisal. Surely we should be able to take the same kind of character attacks that we “dish out” to outsiders.” (Smith) Smith talks about it being past time to look at the way the United States Senate is treating the citizens of the United States as well as each other. She talks about how ridiculous it is that when those who speak of an idea that are considered unpopular get ridiculed and accused of things that no one wants to be accused of. Smith lists four rights that she feels the Senate is