loading . . . May 31, 2026 On June 1, 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican from Maine, stood up against Republican Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin and his supporters, who were undermining American democracy in a c... https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-31-2026?r=bt2lg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web