They are Russian operatives plain and simple. Funny how the old GOP destroyed the careers and lives of countless people in the McCarthy era for actions that were far more innocuous than what this gang is up to.
McCarthyism undermined democracy, civil liberties, and the democratic rule of law, all at no cost to the Kremlin.
The Democrats have be terrified of being mistaken for pinkos ever since.
The premise of the original Manchurian Candidate was that McCarthyism was a Communist plot!