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==U.S. Senate==

==U.S. Senate==

Mostly known for having been the leading Republican opponent of [[Joseph McCarthy]], Flanders led the motion to censure the Wisconsin senator and made absurd statements (namely comparing McCarthy to [[Adolf Hitler]]) as well as the following sarcastic remark:<ref name=politico>Glass, Andres (March 9, 2011). [https://www.politico.com/story/2011/03/vermont-senator-confronts-sen-joseph-mccarthy-march-9-1954-050882 Vermont Senator Confronts Sen. Joseph McCarthy, March 9, 1954]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>

Flanders was mostly known for having been the leading Republican opponent of [[Joseph McCarthy]], who exposed communist infiltration of the [[State Department]] and the [[United States Army]]. The Vermont senator led the motion to censure McCarthy and made absurd statements (namely comparing him to [[Adolf Hitler]]) as well as the following sarcastic remark:<ref name=politico>Glass, Andres (March 9, 2011). [https://www.politico.com/story/2011/03/vermont-senator-confronts-sen-joseph-mccarthy-march-9-1954-050882 Vermont Senator Confronts Sen. Joseph McCarthy, March 9, 1954]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>

{{quotebox|To what party does [McCarthy] belong? Is he a hidden satellite of the Democratic Party, to which he is furnishing so much material for quiet mirth?}}

{{quotebox|To what party does [McCarthy] belong? Is he a hidden satellite of the Democratic Party, to which he is furnishing so much material for quiet mirth?}}