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Another factor for Joseph McCarthy's rise was that most Republican members of Congress were backing McCarthy. There was the sense that there was "Communists in government" more on the end of these issues could pay political dividends. Republicans were still frustrated by their losses in the 1948 elections that they hoped the politics of anti-Communism could be the vehicle that would carry them back to gaining power in 1950 and 1952. Though throughout the time McCarthy and his fellow practitioners of the politics of anti-Communism soon acquired a vast following among a public print by the Hiss care and frustrated by the Korean War. McCarthy was still on the political offensive and he kept making false accusations and naming names, it got so out of hand that it was impossible to keep up with all of them.The last factor was McCarthy's popularity derived from his espousing the oldest conspiracy theory in American history. The belief that most privileged Americans, members of the power elite were traitors. His ruthless tactics and perfect timing gave him the ability to voice the fears of many ordinary Americans strengthened his cause. He made a