What did Senator McCarthy claim in his famous 1950 speech in Wheeling, West Virginia?
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Correct answer: That he had a list of communists in the State Department
McCarthy claimed he had a list of communists working in the State Department. Although his numbers and evidence changed, the speech made him nationally famous.
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