Political Rewind: 'Demagogue' Author Larry Tye On The Lasting Legacy Of Joe McCarthy
Thursday on Political Rewind:\xa0A\xa0conversation with author Larry Tye about history, lies and the presidency.\n\nAs President Donald Trump continues to spin out conspiracy theories about a fraudulent election to inspire outrage among his supporters, Tye reminds us Americans have long had a love affair with bullies in his new book.\n\nTye writes about one of the most notorious bullies in 20th-century American politics:\xa0Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy.\n\nMcCarthy\u2019s career was built on breathtaking lies and destroyed the lives and careers of hundreds or more of those he accused of being communists.\n\nOur panel was Larry Tye, author of "Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy" and Kevin Riley, editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.