Rhino

Bulldozing through lives with blunt, unstoppable accusatory force.

Senator Joseph McCarthy was infamous for his thick-skinned, charge-ahead aggression — steamrolling over political opponents, careers, and civil liberties with relentless accusations of Communist infiltration during the early 1950s. Like a rhino, he was nearly impervious to counter-argument, charging head-on regardless of evidence, causing massive collateral damage in his path. His downfall came only when attorney Joseph Welch finally exposed the recklessness behind his blunt-force tactics during the Army-McCarthy hearings.