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====Anti-Semitism====
====Anti-Semitism====
McCarran was an [[anti-Semite]] who harshly questioned and attacked [[Felix Frankfurter]] during the latter's confirmation hearings after being nominated by Roosevelt to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>Omsted, Kathryn S. (January 16, 2005). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-01-16-0501150036-story.html The real witch hunter of the 1950s]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref><ref>Halper, Thomas (May 30, 2018). [https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bjals/7/1/article-p115.xml?language=en Felix Frankfurter and the Law]. ''Sciendo''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref> McCarran was furthermore instrumental in working to block European [[Jews]] who survived the [[Holocaust]] from entering the U.S. after the end of [[World War II]].
McCarran was an [[anti-Semite]] who harshly questioned and attacked [[Felix Frankfurter]] during the latter's confirmation hearings after being nominated by Roosevelt to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>Omsted, Kathryn S. (January 16, 2005). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-01-16-0501150036-story.html The real witch hunter of the 1950s]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref><ref>Halper, Thomas (May 30, 2018). [https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bjals/7/1/article-p115.xml?language=en Felix Frankfurter and the Law]. ''Sciendo''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref> McCarran was furthermore instrumental in working to block European [[Jews]] who survived the [[Holocaust]] from entering the U.S. after the end of [[World War II]].
==Legacy==
McCarran has a statue named after and depicting him in [[Washington, D.C.]], which as added to the [[U.S. Capitol]] in 1960.<ref>Komenda, Ed (June 29, 2020). [https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2020/06/19/5-nevada-dems-want-ex-senator-statue-out-us-capitol/3225137001/ 5 Nevada Democrats want McCarran statue out of U.S. Capitol]. ''Reno Gazette Journal''. Retrieved February 28, 2021.</ref> [[Politically correct]] liberal Democrats have called for removing the statue over the senator's legacy of racism/anti-Semitism.<ref name="Lawmakers want Sen. McCarran statue removed over racist legacy">Sadler, John (June 19, 2020). [https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/jun/19/lawmakers-want-sen-mccarran-statue-removed-over-ra/ Lawmakers want Sen. McCarran statue removed over racist legacy]. ''Las Vegas Sun''. Retrieved February 28, 2021.</ref>
The Democrat Clark County Commissioner in 2017 pushed to rename the McCarran International Airport after [[Harry Reid]].<ref name="Lawmakers want Sen. McCarran statue removed over racist legacy"/>
==See also==
==See also==