The left-wing media is at it again—now comparing President Donald Trump to Joseph McCarthy in a desperate attempt to paint his legal and political actions as tyrannical. On Friday, former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann joined MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber to throw around baseless and overblown rhetoric, declaring that Trump has somehow revived “McCarthy-era blacklisting.”
Yes, you read that right. According to Weissmann, America is reliving the 1950s because Donald Trump is exercising legal authority and holding people accountable.
While discussing what liberals often call Trump’s “legal onslaught,” host Ari Melber asked Weissmann what lessons Americans should take from this moment in history.
Weissmann responded with a dramatic comparison:
“Let’s learn from history is the way I look at this, which is all of us at this table were too young for the McCarthy era, but I think there are real lessons there for us, which is we are seeing blacklisting. We’re seeing the same kind of abuse, the same kind of fear, the same kind of obeying in advance. And I think the lesson if you think it can’t happen again, it is happening now.”
In typical MSNBC fashion, there was no mention of how political blacklisting actually works in 2025 America—where conservatives are censored online, students are doxxed for supporting Israel, and federal agencies were weaponized against parents at school board meetings. Instead, Weissmann aimed his fire at Trump for daring to challenge the swamp.
He claimed:
“Not just blacklisting, but people going along with it, not being the people who stand up.”
The irony here is hard to miss. For the past several years, it has been leftist institutions—universities, Hollywood, Big Tech, and major corporations—that have embraced cancel culture, ruined careers over opinions, and labeled political dissent as “hate speech.” But to Weissmann, Trump is the problem.
Weissmann didn’t stop there. He continued with a theatrical call to action, warning that people must “not be afraid” and must speak out against Trump’s alleged “use of fear.”
“I think that is the lesson, which is if you want to be on the right side of history, you need to not be afraid. You need to speak. You need to be saying to people who want to use fear as a way to silence you, that you still have a First Amendment right.”
Interesting, coming from someone who supported efforts to prosecute Trump for speech-related actions, and who now acts as a commentator on a network that routinely supports censorship of conservative voices. When conservatives invoke the First Amendment, they’re accused of spreading “misinformation.” But when left-wing pundits invoke it, suddenly it’s patriotic.
Let’s be honest: Weissmann and his media allies are panicking. President Trump continues to gain support across the country, particularly as Americans grow tired of political witch hunts, endless indictments, and the weaponization of our justice system. Trump’s legal battles are not about silencing people—they’re about restoring law and order, ending deep-state corruption, and defending our Constitution.
Meanwhile, the left is resorting to fearmongering and historic revisionism, throwing around terms like “McCarthyism” to distract from their own radical agenda and failures. They want to rewrite history to make Trump the villain, even as they ignore their own role in dividing the country and silencing opposition.
But Americans are waking up. The real “blacklisting” today is happening to conservatives—whether it’s students punished for expressing their views, doctors deplatformed for questioning pandemic policies, or patriots labeled extremists for supporting America First principles.
Weissmann’s comments might earn him applause on MSNBC, but for most Americans, they sound like a tone-deaf echo of a media elite that’s completely out of touch with reality.
