Happens to be the leadership, so a HUGE deal. But a manageable size for orderly justice (vs. disorder/chaos/war).
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They organized, screamed, fund-raised, threatened and raised holy hell in general over the Rosenbergs.
In the Upside Down of progs, treason against America doesn’t exist, only totalitarian patriot attempts to preserve the nation. They were never upset or in denial of the facts. They only agitated against the trial, verdict and conviction.
for the younguns:
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were United States citizens who were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. They were instrumental in the transmission of information about top-secret military technology and prototypes of mechanisms related to the atomic bomb, which were of value to the Soviet nuclear weapons program and also provided top-secret radar, sonar, and jet propulsion engines to the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
The children of the Rosenbergs became idols of the progs, even though they had to change their surname due to the shame and approbation attached to it.
Yep. And the reaction in support of use of the government to spy, lie, and remove Trump will be likewise delivered by the usual suspects.