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According to the JBS, [[Chinese Communists]] amassed in [[Mexico]] preparing to invade the [[United States]]. The organization sent thousands of letters to [[Moderate Republican]] U.S. senator [[Thomas Kuchel]] of [[California]], and subsequently branded Kuchel a "Comsymp" when he replied in a form asserting no evidence of such Communist activities.<ref>Bogus, Carl T. (November 2011). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Buckley/HvGHFnwPljAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=john+birch+society+comsymp&pg=PT207&printsec=frontcover Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref> Sen. Kuchel in turn publicly denounced the John Birch Society on the floor of the U.S. Senate, angrily quoting the Society's criticism of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].

According to the JBS, [[Chinese Communists]] amassed in [[Mexico]] preparing to invade the [[United States]]. The organization sent thousands of letters to [[Moderate Republican]] U.S. senator [[Thomas Kuchel]] of [[California]], and subsequently branded Kuchel a "Comsymp" when he replied in a form asserting no evidence of such Communist activities.<ref>Bogus, Carl T. (November 2011). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Buckley/HvGHFnwPljAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=john+birch+society+comsymp&pg=PT207&printsec=frontcover Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref> Sen. Kuchel in turn publicly denounced the John Birch Society on the floor of the U.S. Senate, angrily quoting the Society's criticism of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].

[[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], a prominent leader of the "New Right," opposed the John Birch Society, which he perceived as damaging the reputation of the anti-Communist cause. Buckley sarcastically commented in ''The Politician'':<ref>Mulloy, D. J. (2014). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_World_of_the_John_Birch_Society/RHHYAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=john+birch+society+comsymp&pg=PA79&printsec=frontcover The World of the John Birch Society: Conspiracy, Conservatism, and the Cold War], p. 79. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>

[[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], a prominent leader of the "New Right," opposed the John Birch Society, which he perceived as damaging the reputation of the anti-Communist cause. Buckley sarcastically commented of ''The Politician'':<ref>Mulloy, D. J. (2014). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_World_of_the_John_Birch_Society/RHHYAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=john+birch+society+comsymp&pg=PA79&printsec=frontcover The World of the John Birch Society: Conspiracy, Conservatism, and the Cold War], p. 79. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>

{{cquote|Woe unto the man who disagrees with [[Robert Welch|Mr. Welch]]. He is 1) an idiot, or 2) a Comsymp, or 3) an outright Communist.|||William F. Buckley, Jr.}}

{{cquote|Woe unto the man who disagrees with [[Robert Welch|Mr. Welch]]. He is 1) an idiot, or 2) a Comsymp, or 3) an outright Communist.|||William F. Buckley, Jr.}}