People with political power have a tendency to sway radical ideas and cause followers to pursue vile beliefs. Presidents, kings, popes, judicial leaders, and public speakers have influence on their supporters and can make them do repugnant deeds. Role models are everything, and in that case, people will do almost anything to make sure that their role models are on their side. Their followers will do good deeds and others will do bad, actions beyond one's imagination and as far as unsubstantiated murder. The higher powers in the world are …show more content…
McCarthy was well liked as well as Abigail Williams within their social circles and their communities, and because of this they could cultivate absurd propositions within the people. McCarthy brought up the idea of communism within the Department of State and he also accused the army for being soft for communism. McCarthy had accused over 200 people, just in the Department of State, of a relation for communism and for those that opposed his accusations he called them “communist sympathizers.” McCarthy did this within the perfect environment but as soon as Eisenhower was elected into the White House, his spree of allegations started falling apart (History.com