> Hofstadter was born in Buffalo, New York, on August 6, 1916,[10] to a Jewish father

> [...]

> Influenced by his wife, Hofstadter was a member of the Young Communist League in college, and in April 1938 he joined the Communist Party USA; he quit in 1939.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hofstadter#Political_v...

McCarthy was right all along.