The nation’s final reaction to Senator McCarthy’s anti-communist crusade was: <span> In 1954, the Senate censured McCarthy and condemned his methods
Back then, McCarthy threw a lot of accusation to Government officials regarding their status as Soviets spy. What concern the senates was that a lot of his accusation did not have any evidence to back it up.</span>
C is the answer in my opinion
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