todayonscreen , 14 days ago

#OnThisDay, June 9, 1954 was the turning point for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist crusade, when Army counsel Joseph Welch asked him, “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” (depicted in Tail Gunner Joe, 1977)

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A smug man speaking into a mic. “I know this hurts you, Mr. Welch.”
A man in a suit, sitting in a trial at a mic. “I'll say it hurts! And Senator, I think it hurts you, too.”
A standing ovation in a courtroom.