Desi famously remarked, "The only thing 'red' about Lucy is her hair - and that's fake!"
Regards,
She joined the CPUSA in 1936.
The story is she joined for a short time in the 30s as a favor to a friend. I saw here on Merv Griffin in the 70s on the same program as former governor Reagan in 1977. If she were a red, Reagan would not have shared the stage, and Republican Merv Griffin (who for all his problems at least never scared the horses) wouldn’t have had her on with him.