The reason . . . Is not because our only powerful potential enemy has sent men to invade our shores . . . but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by this Nation. . . .
This is glaringly true in the State Department. There the bright young men who are born with silver spoons in their mouths are the ones who have been most traitorous. . . .
In this excerpt, McCarthy is attempting to incite fear about —
F) Japanese Americans confined in internment camps.
G) organizers of the Civil Rights Movement.
H) accomplices in the Watergate scandal.
J) members of the Communist Party in government positions.