
The Red Scare Returns? Lessons from McCarthyism in the Age of Trump 2.0
From On with Kara Swisher
Published 7/3/2025

From On with Kara Swisher
Published 7/3/2025
President Trump and other Republicans keep throwing around the C-word — Communist — to smear anyone slightly progressive, including Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s new Democratic mayoral candidate. But right-wing fearmongering isn’t the only reason it feels like McCarthyism is on the rise again.…