How did McCarthyism eventually lead to the senator's downfall?

This eventually happened because he irrationally accused people of perjury about being communist which leads him to have a Senate censure against him.

Explanation:

McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason, especially when related to communism. The term refers to U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting from the late 1940s through the 1950s.

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this is my opinon on puritians

puritans we all know as were a relgion to purify the cahtlic church some of there practices were good and they did ways some relgions couldnbt but some ways wern't that good like trying to turn people into their relgion which did spark alot of mass hate to them overall there netrual and did have a semi good cause.