I did not know this

Berkeley lefty snubbed by House Republicans
They kill plan to name post office after longtime Councilwoman Maudelle Shirek

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(Rep. Barbara) Lee (D-Oakland), in a statement after the vote, blasted (Rep. Steve) King (R-Iowa), saying his "campaign of innuendo and unsubstantiated 'concern' is better suited to the era of Joe McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover than today's House of Representatives."

To which King responded: "I think that if Barbara Lee would read the history of Joe McCarthy, she would realize that he was a hero for America."

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While King is not old enough to have truly experienced McCarthy's crusade (he was born May 28, 1949, and interestingly enough, was old enough to have gone to Vietnam but didn't), he graduated high school and attended college (though does not appear to have received a degree) where he should have at least studied the HUAC hearings.

Congratulations Mr King, you are a horse's ass.