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===John Birch Society feuds===
===John Birch Society feuds===
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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]].